Abdulraufu Mustapha, the Professor of African Politics at the Department of Government, University of Oxford in the United Kingdom has been reported dead.
He died at the age of 63.
According to family sources, the eminent scholar and author succumbed to stomach cancer after months of courageous battle at about 3 p.m. London time on Tuesday.
He is survived by his wife, Kate and three children.
Mr. Mustapha who hails from Ilorin, Kwara State, studied at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, for his Bachelors and Masters degree in Political Science, and proceeded to the University of Oxford in London where he earned his doctorate degree and stayed back to lecture till his death.
He was author of many well-regarded works including, Turning Points in African Democracy; and Sects and Social Disorder, Muslim Identities and Conflict in Northern Nigeria.
