SECOND Republic Transport Minister, Alhaji Umaru Dikko died yesterday in a London hospital. Dikko, who died at the age of 78 was said to have suffered three strokes in a row and had been ill before now.
He was a prominent member of the defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN, in the administration of Alhaji Shehu Shagari. As member of the kitchen cabinet of that administration, he was regarded as the most powerful minister.
Late Dr. Umaru Dikko signing the condolence register during his condolence visit to the family of the late Alex Ibru, at their Ikoyi residence, on Tuesday.
The October 31, 1993 military coup which ousted Shagari from power, resulted to Dikko’s escape to London having been accused of corrupt practices by the regime of Gen Mohammadu Buhar (rtd).
Efforts to get him back to Nigeria resulted to his kidnapping in London on the alleged orders of Buhari. The arrest of his abductors while he was being shipped to the country in a ‘Diplomatic Crate’ at Stansed Airport in London, resulted to diplomatic row between Nigeria and Britain.
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