Sardauna Dutse, Jigawa State, Maitama Yusuf Is Dead, Aged 76

The Sardauna Dutse in Jigawa State, Alhaji Bello Maitama Yusuf, is dead.
He died in the early hours of today, October 13, in Kano at the age of 76.
Maitama Yusuf was a Senator from 1999 to 2007 and Minister of Internal Affairs in1981 and Minister of Commerce in 1982 in the administration of the late President Shehu Shagari of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN).
He was born in Gwaram, Jigawa State, in 1947,
A family friend of the deceased, Alhaji Hussaini Dalhatu, confirmed the passing of Yusuf in Kano on today morning and that the funeral prayer would take place after the Friday prayers at the Emir of Kano’s palace.