Former permanent representative to the United Nation (UN), Maitama Sule, is dead.
The elder statesman died in Cairo, capital of Egypt and would be buried in Kano on Tuesday, according to a statement from the family.
“This is to announce that the corpse of the late Maitama Sule, Danmasanin Kano is expected to arrive Nigeria tomorrow Tuesday, July 4,” the family said in a statement.
“The aircraft conveying it is expected to land at the Aminu Kano International Airport at 2pm. Funeral to be conducted at the Kano Central Jumaat mosque, Emir’s palace at 4:30pm,” the statement revealed.
Sule is survived by a wife and nine children.