A former minister of commerce and industry, Jubril Martins-Kuye,popularly known as JMK is dead.
Martins-Kuye died on Sunday morning at age 78.
The former Senator who also served twice as a federal minister was trained as a chartered accountant, practicing for several years in Lagos and oversees before moving to politics where he brought his conservative bonafides to bear.
Mr. Kuye was first elected to the Nigerian Senate in the truncated Third Republic. When democracy returned in 1999, he ran unsuccessfully for governor as PDP candidate against Olusegun Osoba in Ogun State.
He was subsequently appointed minister of state for finance by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, remaining in the cabinet until 2003.
