Ex-NADECO chief Dan Suleiman dies at 80

Published date02 February 2023
Publication titleNigeria - The Nation

Aformer military governor of Plateau State, Air Commodore Dan Suleiman, has died.

He was 80.

The elder statesman, who was also a leading light in the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), reportedly died yesterday around noon.

In a statement last night announcing the death of the erstwhile member of the Supreme Military Council (SMC) under the late Head of State, General Murtala Muhammed between July 1975 and March 1976 and military governor of Plateau State from March 1976 to July 1978, NADECO expressed grief over Dan Suleiman's...

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