Ex-Kaduna governor Mouktar Muhammed is dead

A retired senior military officer and former governor of Kaduna State, Mouktar Muhammed, is dead. Mr. Muhammed died Sunday evening, according to a Facebook announcement by his younger brother, Faruk Dalhatu.

It was gathered that Mr. Muhammed died in a London hospital

Mr. Dalhatu, who described the deceased as “patriarch of the Dalhatu family” gave the cause of his death as cancer.

The retired military officer was the first governor of Kaduna State after its creation in 1977 by the military administration of Olusegun Obasanjo. RIP.