SAN FRANCISCO, January 03, (THEWILL) –Â A former civilian Governor of old Kaduna state, Lawal Kaita, 86, is dead.
Kaita, who died on Tuesday, was Governor of old Kaduna between October and December 1983 having been elected on the platform of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN).
He had lost his first attempt to govern Kaduna state to Balarabe Musa of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) when he contested in 1979.
Kaita became Special Assistant to former President Shehu Shagari and was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Nigeria (1977-1978).
Kaita was also a leading member of the late Shehu Yar’adua’s political movement and was a founding member of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN).
