Maitama Sule Dies At 88
Nigeria’s former permanent representative to the United Nations and foremost elder statesman, Dr. Yusuf Maitama Sule, is dead. He was 88 years old.
Forefront had on Friday reported that the retired diplomat’s health had assumed a frightening dimension, just as arrangements were completed to fly him abroad for medical attention.
According to report reaching us, Dr. Yusuf Maitama Sule died in a hospital in Cairo, Egypt in the early hours of today, Monday, after a brief illness.
His death was announced by one N. A Sheriff, in a Face book posting.
Also, the former President of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Alhaji Haliru Baba Dantiye, confirmed that the doyen of politics is actually dead. Dantiye is a political son of Maitama.
He said: “Allah has taken the soul of our father.”
The deceased, a confirmed orator, was born in 1929 and taught in secondary school between 1948 and1955 and a visiting teacher between 1955 and 1958. He was elected; Minister of Mines and Power and served between 1959 and 1966.
He was leader of a delegation to Conference of Independent African States, Addis Ababa 1960 and proposed resolution at conference that led to creation of Organization of African Unity (OAU)).
