Tunji Braithwaite dies at 82

Tunji Braithwaite, former presidential candidate of the oldest surviving political party in the country, Nigeria Advance Party (NAP) is dead.

The 82-year-old elder-statesman and  lawyer died yesterday morning at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos.

His son, Olumide, who confirmed his death, told newsmen that Sir Tunji Braithwaite died after a brief illness.