{"id":56679,"date":"2022-01-03T17:18:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T16:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=56679"},"modified":"2022-01-03T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:37:34","slug":"mko-abiola-challenger-bashir-tofa-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/mko-abiola-challenger-bashir-tofa-is-dead","title":{"rendered":"MKO Abiola challenger, Bashir Tofa is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa is dead.<\/p>\n<p>Tofa was MKO Abiola\u2019s major challenger in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida.<\/p>\n<p>According to family sources, he died in the early hours of Monday after an illness.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming his death, one of the deceased\u2019s relations, Alhaji Muhammad, said \u201cAlhaji Bashir tofa died after being admitted in hospital for sometime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa is dead. Tofa was MKO Abiola\u2019s major challenger in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. 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