NEWS: Breaking: Elder States Man Maitama Sule Is Dead

Maitama Sule died in a Cairo Hospital, Egypt this morning according to a close family source.

Sule’s remains would be flown to the country on Tuesday and the funeral prayers would take place at Kano Emir’s Palace by 4 p.m.

Yusuf Maitama 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.

Mr. Sule was minister of mines and power during the first republic administration of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, and was minister for national guidance in 1983.