Buhari’s ally, Isa Funtua, is dead
Founding managing director of Democrat Newspaper and an associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, is dead.
He died of cardiac arrest Monday night.
Funtua is touted to be a member of the ‘cabal’, a group of influential persons around Nigeria’s President said to help him make key decisions.
He was life patron of Newspaper’s Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and Chairman of Bulet Construcion company.
He will be buried according to Islamic rites Tuesday.
