ACF Board of Trustees chair, Shehu Malami, is dead

The chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Board of Trustees, Ambassador Shehu Malami, has been confirmed dead.

Malami died in Cairo, Egypt on Monday.

This was disclosed via a statement issued by the ACF, a copy of which was made available to The Star on Tuesday.

Malami was born in Sokoto in 1937 as a Prince of the Sultanate dynasty. He had his early education in Sokoto, Bida and Katsina.

He also attended various Colleges in the United Kingdom. He had a degree in law from the Middle Temple.

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Shehu Malami worked as private Secretay and then as Special Assistant to Sultan Saddiq Abubakar III. He had earlier worked for the BBC as abroadcaster.

He was Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa; Chairman, Assessment Committee of the Nigeria National Merit Award; Director, the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank; Chairman, Union Bank of Nigeria; Chairman, PZ Industries, among many many other top leadership positions.

“The nation will undoubtedly miss Ambassador Shehu Malami’s extraordinary leadership skills, his generosity, his sense of justice and fairplay.

“We send our deepest condolences to his family and the nation. It is our prayer that Allah, SWA, forgives his mistakes and grant mercy on his soul,” the ACF added.

The Star