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A close aide of President Muhammadu Buhari and former minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr Mahmud Tukur, has died.
He died in the early hours of Friday.
He was the first Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano and also a former director of Cadbury Nigeria.
Dr Tukur was a close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He died from an undisclosed ailment after he was rushed to a hospital in Abuja from his base in Kaduna, last night.
“His remains is being conveyed to Yola for the funeral,” a source said