Former Governor of Kaduna State, AVM Mukhtar is Dead.

AVM Mukhtar Mohammed retired, a former military governor of defunct Kaduna State is dead.

Until his death, he was the Deputy Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum. He died on Sunday night at the age 73 years at a hospital in London following a protracted illness.

The deceased was a one-time Minister of Housing and Urban Development and was a member of the Supreme Military Council.

The deceased was a member to the National Constitutional Conference in 2014.

He was Military Governor of Kaduna State from 1978 to 1979.

He was also the Chairman, Board of Directors of Freedom Radio, Kano.

He is survived by a wife and six children.

May hus soul rest in gentle peace.