President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of one-time presidential candidate in a two-horse race, Bashir Tofa, describing him as “a politician of note, who was also a promoter of Islamic culture and civilization.”
The president made his feelings known in a tribute to the deceased which was released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja.
Mr Tofa, who was the presidential candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC) in the botched Third Republic, died in the early…