A prominent northern politician and Minister of Transportation during the Second Republic, Umaru Dikko, is dead, his son, Bello Dikko, has said.
Mr. Dikko, 78, died early Tuesday in a London hospital, family members told reporters.
He has been sick for “quite some time” and suffered three strokes in a row, a family member said.
Details later….
Meanwhile, below is Wikipedia entry for Mr. Dikko.
Mr. Dikko, 78, died early Tuesday in a London hospital, family members told reporters.
He has been sick for “quite some time” and suffered three strokes in a row, a family member said.
Details later….
Meanwhile, below is Wikipedia entry for Mr. Dikko.
Umaru Dikko (born 1936, Wamba) is a Nigerian politician and was a trusted adviser to President Shehu Shagari. He was also the Nigerian minister for Transportation from 1979-1983.He started playing a role in the nation’s governance in 1967, when he was appointed as a commissioner in the then North Central State of Nigeria (now Kaduna State). He was also secretaryof a committee set up by General Hassan Katsina to unite the Northerners after a coup in 1966.[1] In 1979, he was made Shagari’s campaign manager for the successful presidential campaign of the National Party of Nigeria. During the nation’s Second Republic, he played prominent roles as transport minister and head of the presidential task force on rice.
