Mallam Isa Funtua, a newspapers patron and President Muhammadu Buhari’s influential ally, is dead.
He died in Abuja while undergoing a routine medical check-up. He was 78 years old.
He reportedly suffered a massive heart attack during the medical check-up.
He was the founder of the defunct Democrat newspaper in Kaduna.
Funtua was also water resources minister in the Second Republic.