Umaru Shinkafi, former presidential aspirant has died. The Marafan Sokoto who suffered multiple organ failure, died, Wednesday, at the Harefield Hospital, Middlesex,London. He was 79years old.
Shiknafi is survived by three wives, children and grandchildren.
The Marafan Sokoto was the vice-presidential candidate of Olu Falae in the APP/AD alliance in 1999. They lost to the Olusegun Obasanjo/Atiku Abubakar PDP ticket.
He was also head of the secret police, the Nigeria Security Organization (NSO), which has been rebranded Department of State Services (DSS), from 1979 to 1983.
Buhari Mourns Umaru Shinkafi
However, President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Zamfara State on the passing away of one of their illustrious sons, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi.
President Buhari describes the departed politician, administrator and technocrat, as an expert whose contributions to the development of the security architecture of Nigeria remains indelible, adding that others carried on where he left off.
The President recalls that the former Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs and boss of the National Security Organisation (NSO), played frontline roles in the activities leading to the eventual return and enthronement of democracy in the country.
He calls on family members, friends and associates of the departed community leader who held the Marafan Sokoto traditional title to take solace in the fact that the late Umaru Shinkafi played the parts assigned to him diligently , conscientiously and patriotically , enjoining them to emulate the good virtues that he left behind.
President Buhari prays that Almighty Allah will grant the soul of the departed eternal rest.