Senator representing President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown Katsina North (Daura Zone), Mustapha Bukar is dead.
Family sources said Bukar died on Wednesday morning after a brief illness.
Kanta Bukar, the younger brother of the deceased, confirmed the death. He stated that the senator died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Nizamiyya hospital, Abuja.
He said the deceased was survived by two wives and 12 children, including Dr Ibrahim Bukar of the Nigeria Communication Commission.
The deceased would be buried in Daura later in the day.
Bukar’s death is coming barely a week after the death of a reps member representing Lokoja/Kogi/Koton Karfe, Umar Buba Jibril.
Recall also that another senator representing Bauchi South, Ali Wakili, died On March 17 at the age 58 after a brief illness.
A civil engineer by training, Bukar was born in Daura on December 31, 1954.
He was a member of Institute of Civil Engineers, Council of Registered Engineers of Nigeria, Nigerian Society of Engineers, American Waterwork Association.
Bukar was also the President, Nigerian Water Supply Association, He was Chairman African Water resources and Member Nigeria Institute of Management.
He was at one time a Director of Special Duties on Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Development in the Ministry of Agriculture.
A native of Daura, Bukar later ventured into politics and contested for Katsina North Senatorial District and won.
Bukar was recently in the news when he sponsored the training of 400 unemployed youths in his Senatorial District on yogurt making and poultry production for self-reliance and economic sustainability.
