He died in Abuja after early morning prayers, on Tuesday.

His death was confirmed by his closest friend and political associate, the former National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Peter Ameh.

He said, “I’ve lost a friend of several decades. He was not sick; he even joined the early morning prayers this morning. This is a great loss, not only to opposition political parties but to Nigerian democracy as a whole. His progressive ideas will be sorely missed.”