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Former Presidential Candidate, Bashir Othman Tofa is dead



A former presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the 1993 aborted third republic, Bashir Othman Tofa, is dead.

He died after a protracted illness.

The erudite politician and astute businessman was rumoured to have died on Friday evening.

Burial arrangements yet to be announced by the family.

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