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| Veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi Image source: Punchng.com |
A former federal
commissioner and presidential aspirant, Umaru Shinkafi, is dead PREMIUM TIMES
is reporting.
Mr.
Shinkafi died in a hospital in London at about 4:07pm Nigerian time, family
sources told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday.
Mr.
Shinkafi, who held the traditional title of Marafan Sokoto, was a native of
Zamfara State.
He
was a Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs and a presidential aspirant in
the third Republic. He also had an extensive career in military intelligence.
“The
body will be flown back to Nigeria on Friday for burial at Abubakar III burial
ground in Sokoto,” our source said.
Mr.
Shinkafi is survived by three wives, and five children. One of his daughters is
Zainab, wife of Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, and another is Hadiza, the
wife of Zamfara governor, AbdulAzeez Yari.
Meanwhile
Veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Ajayi, is dead, the Punch newspaper is
reporting.
She
was 82. The paper quoted a family source as saying Ajayi died on Wednesday.
Other
reports say the actress had been ill for some time.
Her
last public appearance was in March at the 2016 AMVCA event, where she received
a Merit Award.
At the event, the actress said, “I am very happy from the bottom of my heart. I wish I could stand up but if I do I will fall. But you all standing for me. I say thank you.”
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