Unconfirmed reports has said that Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, the Danmasani of Kano is dead. He was said to have died in an Egyptian hospital.
The family is yet to confirm the report of the death of the former presidential candidate and federal commissioner for obvious reasons.
The late Sule was a Nigerian politician, acclaimed orator and diplomat. In 1976, he became the Federal Commissioner of public complaints, a position that made him the nation’s pioneer ombudsman.
In early 1979, he was a presidential candidate of the National Party of Nigeria but lost to Shehu Shagari.
He was appointed Nigeria’s representative to the United Nations after the coming of civilian rule in September 1979. While there he was chairman of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid.
