Umaru Shinkafi, a titan in the political landscape of Nigeria has died.
Shinkafi, also known as the Marafan of Sokoto was the vice-presidential candidate of Olu Falae in the APP/AD alliance in 1999 in the election which was eventually lost to Olusegun Obasanjo of the Peoples Democratic Party.
He was also the head of the Nigeria Security Organisation (NSO), the nation’s secret police which has been re-branded Department of State Services (DSS), from 1979 to 1983.
Umaru Shinkafi is believed to have died in London on Wednesday after a prolonged illness.
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