The senator representing Katsina North which is President Muhammadu Buhari’s senatorial district, Mustafah Bukar , is dead.
He died after a brief illness on Wednesday, BlackBox Nigeria gathered.
The News Agency of Nigeria quotes Mr. Bukar’s elder brother, Umar Bukar, as confirming the news.
Mr. Bukar’s death is coming less than a week after the deputy majority leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Jibril, died after a protracted illness.
It also came about two weeks after another senator, Ali Wakili, passed away.
Before is untimely death, Sen. Mustafah Bukar (APC-Katsina) claimed he presented six Bills and six Motions between 2015 and 2017.