The death has been announced of the Chairman, former Inspector General of Police and the chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Ibrahim Coomassie.
Alhaji Dahiru Coomassie, a younger brother to the deceased, confirmed the death on Thursday in Katsina.
He said that Coomassie died in this evening after a protracted illness at Amadi Rimi Specialist Hospital, Katsina.
He died at the age of 76.
Coomasie will be buried in Katsina on Friday after Juma’at prayers.