MKO Abiola opponent, Bashir Tofa is dead.
Glamtush reports that the former Presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the June 12, 1993 election, Bashir Othman Tofa is dead.
This online platform recalls that Tofa was MKO Abiola’s major challenger in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida.
According to family sources, he died in the early hours of Monday after a protracted illness.
Confirming his death, one of the deceased’s relations, Alhaji Muhammad, said “Alhaji Bashir tofa died after being admitted in hospital for sometime.”
Details later…
