Former Inspector General of Police (IG), Alhaji Muhammadu Dikko Yusuf, died on Wednesday in Abuja. He was aged 83.
Yusuf, who served as IG from 1975 to 1979 during the military rules of Generals Murtala Mohammed and Olusegun Obasanjo, died at his Abuja residence after a brief illness.
THISDAY gathered that the remains of the former police would be buried today in Katsina.
He was appointed chairman of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) in 1994.
According to Wikkipedia, Yusuf stunned the nation when he headed the Grassroots Democratic Movement during the period of transition to democracy launched by General Sani Abacha in 1997–1998. The organisation had a left wing orientation.
In 2000, he became Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), a northern cultural and political association.
After the April 2003 elections, both Muhammadu Buhari of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Yusuf, who had run as presidential candidate of the Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ), challenged the election victory by President Obasanjo.
However, in June 2003, Yusuf, said that defeated contestants who were not ready to go to court should accept their defeat in good faith.
The Nation
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