Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, is dead.
Tukur, a former governor of the old Gongola State and Minister of Industries, died on Saturday at the age of 90.
His death was announced in a statement issued by his former media aide, Oliver Okpala, with the consent of his children, Awwal Tukur and Lami Tukur.
According to the statement, Tukur died at about noon at his residence in Abuja.The statement said his remains would be taken to Adamawa for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
