A former Military Governor of Lagos and Imo States , Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu ( retd . ) , has died at the age of 77, The Punch is reporting.
According to the Punch, Kanu’ s associate and ally , Mrs Joe Okei – Odumakin confirmed on Wednesday.
“ I can confirm that he has passed on . This is very sad news. A statement will be issued soon , ” she said .
The cause of his death could not be immediately confirmed .
Kanu, who was appointed into the Supreme Military Council headed by the late Head of State , Gen . Murtala Muhammed in 1975, later became a human rights activist after leaving the military .
He joined the pro -democracy movement, NADECO , and played a leading role in the agitation for the actualisation of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election .
