What is Umaru Dikko?
'''Umaru Dikko''' (31 December 1936 &ndash; 1 July 2014) was a [[Nigeria]]n [[politician]]. He was also the Nigerian [[Ministry of Transport]] from 1979 until 1983. He was also an adviser to [[President of Nigeria|President]] [[Shehu Shagari]]. Dikko was born in [[Zaria]], [[Kaduna State]]. On 5 July 1984, he played the main role in the [[Dikko Affair]]. He was found [[drug]]ged in a [[crate]] at [[Stansted Airport]] in the [[United Kingdom]] in an appearent [[kidnapping]] by Nigerian-[[Israel]]i officials. Dikko died after having many [[stroke]]s on 1 July 2014 at a hospital in [[London]], [[England]]. He was 79.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Canada---World/2014-07-01/article-3783496/Nigeria%26rsquo%3Bs-Umaru-Dikko-dead-at-78/1|title=Nigeria’s Umaru Dikko dead at 78|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[The Telegram]]|date=1 July 2014|accessdate=2 July 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234759/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Canada---World/2014-07-01/article-3783496/Nigeria%26rsquo%3Bs-Umaru-Dikko-dead-at-78/1|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10938453/Umaru-Dikko-obituary.html Umaru Dikko obituary] at ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Dikko, Umaru}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Kaduna State]] {{Bio-stub}}