Nigeria’s former permanent representative to the United Nations, Alhaji Maitama Sule, is very much ALIVE, News Express can confirm.

Contrary to reports in some social media, the great orator who is also a First Republic minister looked full of life while attending a book launch this morning at the Bayero University Kano – at the very time the story of his alleged death started making the rounds.

The accompanying photo is courtesy of Mallam Halilu Ibrahim Dantiye, the Director of Press and Public Relations to Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso.

Dantiye attached the following caption to the photo: “This is Danmasanin Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule at a book launch taking place right now (Saturday, 23/3/2013, 11. 00am) in Kano. Also in the picture are the Secretary to Kano State Govt Alh. Rabi'u Sulaiman Bichi representing Gov. Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso and a former VC of BUK Prof. Dandatti Abdulkadir.”