President Muhammadu Buhari has described the late Bashir Tofa as a true nationalist that will be difficult to replace.
Tofa, on the platform of the National Republican Convention, NRC, contested the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election in Nigeria against Moshood Abiola of the Social Democratic Party, SDP.
Tofa died Monday morning in Kano at the age of 74.
In a tribute to the deceased, President Buhari described the late Tofa as a true nationalist.
His words: “He was, till the end, a patriot to the core. He envisaged a better Nigeria for all. We pray that this dream and collective aspiration and necessary commitment will not go with him. We owe it to his memory and to the nation.”
President Buhari prayed to Allah to repose his soul and grant fortitude to the bereaved family and friends, the Kano Emirate Council as well as the government and people of Kano State to bear the loss.
Meanwhile, the president has dispatched a delegation to Kano with a condolence letter to the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The team is made up of the Ministers of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (Rtd) and Water Resources, Engineer Sulaiman Adamu, accompanied by the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu and the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris.
