A family source who was not authorised to speak on the development, confirmed the passing of the octogenarian.
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The chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party was reported to have died in his sleep in the early hours of Sunday in his Abuja residence
Dafinone was reported to have died on Sunday morning in Lagos at 91.
When the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo finally, in August 1978, lifted the ban on political activities imposed in January 1966, two main political tendencies emerged in Nigeria’s reconstituted national ruling class. The first tendency was thoroughly conservative and aspired, and largely succeeded to be national in composition, character and formal leadership
In a congratulatory letter to Chief Ekwueme, President Jonathan extolled the former vice president’s laudable contributions to national development over the years