Former Sultan of Sokoto and father of embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, Ibrahim Dasuki, has died at the age of 93.
The former Sultan died on Monday and would be buried on Tuesday by 2:00p.m. local time according to Muslim rites. The cause of his death is not yet known.
Dasuki was the 18th Sultan of Sokoto. He was deposed in 1996 during the military government of Sani Abacha after he was installed by Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, in 1988.
He ruled for eight years before his deposition and banishment to Zing, in Taraba State.
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