ACF mourns death of its 1st Ag

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), on Monday described as sad, the death of its pioneer Acting National Secretary, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir.

Supreme reports that Abdulkadir died at the age of 54 on Monday morning at the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, where he was on admission.

ACF’s National Publicity Secretary Mr Emmanuel Yawe, in a statement on Monday in Kaduna, described the deceased as a perfect gentleman.

“We woke up at ACF today (Monday) with the sad news of the death of a gentleman who played a leading role in the formative days of our forum.’’

He said late Abdulkadir was the first Legal/Administrative Adviser of the forum and later the first acting national secretary.

“He was a prominent national politician who amongst others served Nigeria in the position of Minister of Youth and Social Welfare.

“He was also the National Vice Chairman of his political party, the APC.

“In the ACF, we remember him as a perfect gentleman, very knowledgeable and yet humble,’’ Yawe said.

According to Yawe, the deceased put those attributes to use as he nurtured the ACF in its infant days.

The forum prayed for the repose of Abdulkadir’s soul and the fortitude for his family and close associates to bear the huge loss.

Supreme reports that late Abdulkadir was a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee that was dissolved recently.

He was also the Chairman and Pro-Chancellor of Sokoto State University.