BEVERLY HILLS, October 02, (THEWILL) –Â A former Military Governor of the old Kaduna State, retired AVM Mukhtar Mohammed is dead.
Mohammed died on Sunday night at a hospital in London following a protracted illness.
He was 73 years old.
A family source, Alhaji Lawal Musa, who confirmed the death to NAN in Kano, said the remains of the deceased would be flown to Nigeria for burial.
Mohammed was the Military Governor of Kaduna State from 1978 to 1979.
The deceased was a one-time Minister of Housing and Urban Development and was a member of the Supreme Military Council.
He was also a member to the National Constitutional Conference in 2014.
He was a Chieftain of the Arewa Consultative Forum and also Chairman, the board of directors of Freedom Radio, Kano.
