Bashir Othman Tofa, the former Presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention, NRC in the June 12, 1993 election is reportedly dead.
According to a source, he died in the early hours of Monday after a protracted illness.
Tofa contested alongside his opponent, Social Democratic Party, SDP Presidential candidate, late Chief Mashood Abiola in the election which was annulled by the former Nigeria Military head of state, Ibrahim Babangida.
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