Kano born Nigerian politician Dr. Bashir Othman Tofa is dead. The erudite politician and astute businessman died in the early hours of yesterday in Kano at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital after a brief illness. He was buried on Monday in line with Islamic rites.
Alh. Bashir Usman Tofa was born in Kano on June 20, 1947. In the annulled Nigeria’s June 12, 1993 presidential election, Tofa was the National Republican Convention (NRC) candidate which was organised by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida.
The late Alh. Bashir Othman Tofa was chairman of International Petro-Energy Company (IPEC) and Abba Othman and Sons ltd. He was also involved as a board member in Impex Ventures, Century Merchant Bank and General Metal Products ltd.
