National Confab: 4th delegate dies

Another delegate to the national conference, Prof. Muhammad Nur Alkali is dead, bringing the number of dead confab delegates to four.

Alkali, 68, was one of the six delegates representing the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) at the national confab. He was a member of the committee on insecurity in the north-east.

According to a statement from the confab secretariat, he died on Friday night at his residence in Maiduguri, Borno state. He will be buried on Saturday, August 2, 2014, in Maiduguri, in line with Islamic rites.

Akpandem James, assistant secretary (media and communications) of the confab, said:“On behalf of the conference secretariat and delegates, he has expressed his deep condolences to the family of the late professor and the supreme council for Islamic affairs, the platform which Alkali represented at the conference. Justice kutigi prays the Almighty receives his spirit and grants his soul sweet repose”.

The deceased was a professor of history and two-term vice chancellor of the University of Maiduguri (1985–1992). He was also the director-general of the Nigeria Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) and chairman of the presidential advisory committee under the administration of General Sani Abacha. 

 

Three other delegates had also died while the conference was on. They included: Barrister Hamma Misau (a delegate on the platform of retired police officers) from Bauchi state, on March 27; Dr Mohammed Jumare (a delegate from Kaduna state) on May 5 and Professor Dora Akunyili (a delegate who represented Anambra state) on June 7.