Barely a week after the death of a member representing Lokoja/Kogi/Koton Karfe, Umar Buba Jibril, another Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Mustapha Bukar, has died.
On March 17, a senator representing Bauchi South, Ali Wakili, died at the age 58 after a brief illness.
Family sources said Mr Bukar, who represents Katsina North (Daura Zone) in the Senate, died on Wednesday morning after brief illness.
Kanta Bukar, the younger brother of the deceased, confirmed the death and said Mr Bukar died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Nizamiyya hospital, Abuja.
He said the deceased was survived by two wives and 12 children, including Dr Ibrahim Bukar of the Nigeria Communication Commission.
The deceased would be buried in Daura later in the day.
A civil engineer by training, Mr Bukar was born in Daura on December 31, 1954
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