Kano loses ex-deputy Governor

A former deputy governor of Kano State, Engr Magaji Abdullahi, has died. He passed on on Sunday morning at age 69.

Abdullahi was a grassroot politician who served as Deputy to Governor Ibrahim Shekarau between 2003-2007.

A close aide to the late political icon, Abdullahi Kwakwatawa disclosed that late Magaji Abdullahi died in the hospital on Sunday morning after a protracted illness.

The deceased was also one-time state commissioner for Works, Housing and Transport between 1989 and 1990, and later commissioner for Water Resources.

Abdullahi came into limelight when he contested for the governorship of Kano State under the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1991.

In 1999, Abdullahi defeated Sen. Kabiru Gaya in the APP governorship primaries, but lost to Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso.

He had since been buried in accordance with Islamic rites at the Dandolo grave yard at Goron Dutse in Kano metropolis.