Commodore Dan Suleiman, a former Military Governor of Plateau State, has died.
Suleiman, a prominent leader of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), passed away on Wednesday. He was 81 years old.
Chief Ayo Opadokun, a former NADECO chieftain, issued a press release announcing Suleiman’s death.
Suleiman served as federal commissioner for Special Duties in the General Yakubu Gowon government and was a member of General Murtala Mohammed’s Supreme Military Council. He is credited with helping to establish the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
Dr. Bitrus Porgu, the current President of the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), informed Opadokun about Suleiman’s death, according to the outspoken Chief.
According to Opadokun’s statement, the late Suleiman was “consistently courageous, nationalistic, genuinely patriotic, whose life and times were rich for good purposes and services to God and humanity.”