BEVERLY HILLS, August 02, (THEWILL) –Â The Secretariat of the National Conference said on Saturday that it received with great grief the sad news of the demise of Professor Muhammad Nur Alkali, who was one of the six delegates representing the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) at the 2014 National Conference in Abuja.
Professor Alkali, according to a statement signed by the Assistant Secretary, Media and Communication at the Confab, James Akpandem, died in his residence in Maiduguri Friday night at the age of 68.
A Professor of History and two-term Vice Chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (1985 – 1992), the late Alkali was Director General of the Nigeria Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) and Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee under the administration of General Sani Abacha. More recently, he was a member of the Committee on Insecurity in the North East (The Boko Haram Committee).
The statement said the late Prof. Alkali will be buried later on Saturday in Maiduguri according to Islamic rites.
Reacting to the death, the Conference Chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi, GCON, expressed deep distress by the sad development.
He therefore, on behalf of the Conference Secretariat and delegates, expressed his deep condolences to the family of the late Professor, and the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, the platform which Alkali represented at the Conference. Justice Kutigi prayed the Almighty receives Alkali’s spirit and grants his soul sweet repose.
Professor Alkali’s death was preceded by those of Barrister Hamma Misau (a delegate on the platform of the Retired Police officers), from Bauchi State, on Thursday, March 27; Dr. Mohammed Jumare (A delegate from Kaduna State) who died on Monday May 5 and Professor Dora Akunyili (a delegate who represented Anambra State) on June 7.
