July 17, (THEWILL) – A former Military Administrator of Jigawa State, Brigadier General Ibrahim Aliyu (retd.), is dead.
Jigawa State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar, in a statement issued on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Relations, Habibu Nuhu Kila, said Aliyu died on Friday in Kaduna.
The statement reads: “His Excellency, Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar MON, mni, of Jigawa State with utter sadness, announced the death of a former Military Administrator of Jigawa State, Brigadier General Ibrahim Aliyu rtd, who died yesterday Friday in Kaduna.
“Governor Badaru described the death of General Aliyu as a great loss to the people and government of Jigawa State.
“He said that the late General sacrificed his life in the service of humanity.
“Governor Badaru prayed to the Almighty Allah to grant him eternal rest and give his family and people of Jigawa State the fortitude to bear the loss.”
The late General was the Military Administrator of Jigawa State from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha.
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