Information reaching us right now has it that a popular politician in Nigeria, Alhaji Bashir Tofa is dead.
According to family sources, Tofa died in the early hours of Monday, January 3rd, 2022 after a protracted illness. He was 74years old.
Sources said; “Alhaji Bashir Tofa died after being admitted in hospital for some time.”
For those who don’t know, Tofa was one of the leading candidates in the 1993 Presidential election.
He was the Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention and a major challenger of MKO Abiola in the controversial June 12, 1993 presidential election which was annulled by the military government under General Ibrahim Babangida.