A former Military Administrator of Oyo and Ondo states, Colonel Ahmed Usman, is dead.
He was said to have died around 3.00am on Wednesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, after a brief illness.
It was gathered his remains were being moved to his village, Okura-Lafia, Kogi State for burial according to Muslim rites.
Late Usman was the military administrator of Ondo State between August 1994 and August 1996 and also in Oyo between August 1996 and August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.