A former governor of Kaduna State in the Second Republic, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, is dead.
Mr Musa’s death was announced Wednesday morning by his political associate and former senator, Shehu Sani.
“Alhaji Balarabe Musa has died.May Allah forgive his souls and grant him Aljanna firdausi.Amin,” Mr Sani wrote on twitter.
Musa was elected governor of Kaduna State in 1979 on the platform of the progressive Peoples Redemption Party but was later controversially impeached and removed from office by the state Assembly controlled by the National Party of Nigeria.
Born on 21 August 1936, the late politician is considered a progessive and worked with people of like minds to mobilise against the military junta of late Sani Abacha.
He played multiple roles over the last four decades in Nigerian political and socio-economic activities, forming alliances across multiple sections of the country.
Recently, he had been making strong pro-north statements that is usually associated with the more conservative elements.