A former commissioner of Land and Survey in Kaduna state, Abdulsalam Baba Ahmed, on Tuesday died after an illness.
His elder brother, Hakeem Baba Ahmed, made this known to our correspondent in Zaria, saying that he died at about 3:00pm in Kaduna.
Before he was appointed Commissioner by the Ramalan Yero’s administration, the deceased has served as Zaria local government chairman among many other public and private offices he held.
The funeral prayers were performed at the Baba Ahmeds’ family house at Tudun Wada, Zaria.
The Baba Ahmeds’ family recently lost some of their members including Mahmoon, Mahadiyya and Abdulrashid.