Cause of Issa Funtua's death revealed.
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.
His feats as a businessman, media patron and administrator distinguished him as an exceptional statesman, whose image was profitable to Nigeria’s developmental trajectory.
Funtua was one of the few who could truly be called statesmen given the admiration he commanded.
Funtua, who was the Minister of Water Resources in the defunct Second Republic, had, in public and private stewardships, done what he believed was good for Nigeria.
It was such disposition that saw him establishing the Democrat Newspapers during military dictatorship.
At that time when decrees restrained freedom of speech, the newspaper thundered against the ills of that age.
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