Breaking: Former Presidential Aspirant, Umaru Shinkafi, Is Dead

Former presidential aspirant, Umaru Shinkafi is dead. Shinkafi died in a hospital in London at about 4:07 p.m. Nigerian time, family sources said yesterday. Mr. Shinkafi, who held the traditional title of

Marafan Sokoto, was a native of Zamfara State.  He was a Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs and a presidential aspirant in the third Republic. He also had an extensive career in military
intelligence. “The body will be flown back to Nigeria tomorrow for burial at Abubakar III burial ground in Sokoto,”
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