First governor of Kaduna State, Mouktar Muhammad dies at 78

A retired senior military officer and one time governor of Kaduna State, Mouktar Muhammad, is dead.

He died at the age of 78.

Muhammad, a retired air vice marshal, died Sunday evening, according to a Facebook announcement by his younger brother, Faruk Dalhatu.

It was gathered that Mr. Muhammad died in a London hospital. Mr. Dalhatu, who described the deceased as “patriarch of the Dalhatu family” gave the cause of his death as cancer.

The retired military officer was the first governor of Kaduna State after its creation in 1977 by the military administration of Olusegun Obasanjo.