Maitama Sule, former Minister of Petroleum and former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, is dead.

He died in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday night, according to family sources.

The Danmasanin Kano, as he is popularly called, was born in 1929.

The body of the former presidential candidate of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) will arrive Kano today, a funeral for him will be held at the Kano Central Jumaat mosque at 4:30pm.