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The death has occurred of the former Presidential candidate of the National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, and main challenger of the late MKO Abiola, in the June 12, 1993 presidential election.
Tofa succumbed to the cold hands of death early this morning, Monday, January 3, 2022, at the Aminu Kano Taching Hospital, Kano, after a protracted illness, confirmed a close family source. He was born on June 20, 1947.
Tofa lost to MKO Abiola, in a keenly contested election that was later annulled by the military government of Ibrahim Babangida. This then threw up the country into a hell of socio-political upheaval that lasted for a period of time.
Tofa was a businessman, an oil trader and industrialist.
He was chairman of International Petro-Energy Company (IPEC) and Abba Othman and Sons Ltd, as well as an involvement as a board member in Impex Ventures, Century Merchant Bank and General Metal Products Ltd.
He had his primary education at Shahuci Junior Primary, Kano and then continued studies at City Senior Primary School in Kano.
From 1962 to 1966, he attended Provincial College, Kano.
After completing his studies at the Provincial school, he worked for Royal Exchange Insurance Company from 1967 to 1968.
From 1970 to 1973, he attended City of London College.
Tofa’s sojourn into politics started in 1976 when he was a councilor of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Council, and in 1977, he was elected a member into the Constituent Assembly.
During the Second Republic, Tofa was at various times the secretary of the Kano branch of NPN.
He later became the party’s national financial secretary and was a national member of the Green Revolution National Committee./SHARE THIS