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President Muhammadu Buhari, Governors Abdullahi Gaduje (kano),Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Mai Mala Buni (yobe) and Yahaya Bello (kogi)have mourned former Presidential candidate of defunct National Repulican Covention (NRC).Tofa died yesterday at the Aminu Kano Teching Hospital after a Protracted illness and was buried according to Islamic rites in Kano. he was 74. The statement said President Buhari leads the nation in mourning Bashir Tofa, a politician of note, who once run as presidential candidate in a two-horse race, who was also a promoter of Islamic culture and civilisation. In his condolence message Buni, who is the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning committee (CECPC), described the late Tofa as and iconic politician who shared the valued of politics as a call to services, to promote good governance and to improve the lives of the electorate.He was as much victim of military meddlesomeness in politics as Abi-ola was ACF said.