Mustapha Bukar, senator representing Buhari’s hometown is dead

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Another Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Mustapha Bukar, is dead.

Family sources said Mr Bukar, who represents Katsina North (Daura Zone) in the Senate, died on Wednesday morning after a brief illness.

Daura is the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Details of the place or hospital where he died are sketchy as at time of filing this report.

A civil engineer by training, Mr Bukar was born in Daura on December 31, 1954.

The death occurred barely a week after the passing of a member representing Lokoja/Kogi/Koton Karfe, Umar Buba Jibril,

On March 17, a senator representing Bauchi South, Ali Wakili, died at the age of 58 after a brief illness.



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