A Kaduna-based politician and businessman Alhaji Umar Gana has died after a protracted ilness, Dateline Nigeria reports.
Gana was a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
His funeral prayers took place at his residence on Ishaku Road, Malali Kaduna.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with Gana’s family, the APC, the government and people of Kaduna State over the death.
The President recalled Alhaji Gana’s enormous contributions towards the successes recorded by the APC at the 2015 and 2019 presidential and governorship polls, during which he served as Coordinator and member of the Campaign Council respectively.
President Buhari prayed that God will comfort the family of the dedicated departed politician and grant rest to his soul.
Gana was also the Northern Co-ordinator of Obasanjo-Atiku Campaign Organisation during the 2003 election.
