AD Jafaru dies at 85

The former Director of Land Administration of old Kaduna state, Alhaji Abubakar Dantsoho Jafaru, on Wednesday died at the age of 85 years.

Family source confirmed his death to Daily Trust shortly after his funeral prayer led by the Imam of Yahaya Road Mosque in Kaduna, Sheikh Mukhtar Muhammad Azare.

Hundreds of sympathisers including former colleagues, traditional rulers, senior government officials, politicians, family friends and other well-wishers throng the funeral prayers and burial.

The source said that the decease died on Wednesday morning after a protracted illness and is survived by two wives and 22 children and grandchildren.