A member of the party’s National Working Committee dissolved recently by President Muhammadu Buhari, Inuwa Abdulkadir is dead.
He was reported to have died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, on Monday.
The ruling party confirmed his death on its official Twitter page.
The post read: “RIP to our immediate-past National Vice Chairman (North-West), Alh. Inuwa Abdulkadir esq., the Magatakarda Babba of the Sokoto Sultanate.
“May Almighty Allah be merciful and grant him Aljanat Firdaus.”
The deceased is expected to be buried at his Gawon Nama residence around 2pm on Monday.