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Former interior minister, Bello Yusuf, dies at 76

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Born in Gwaram, Jigawa State in 1947, Yusuf was minister of interior in 1981 and minister of commerce in 1982.

By Jeffrey Agbo

Ex-minister of interior, Bello Yusuf, has died at the age of 76 in Kano.

According to a friend of the bereaved family, Hussaini Dalhatu, the former minister died in the early hours of Friday in Kano.

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Dalhatu said the funeral prayer of the Sardauna Dutse would take place after Jumu’at prayer at the Emir of Kano’s palace.

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Born in Gwaram, Jigawa State in 1947, Yusuf was minister of interior in 1981 and minister of commerce in 1982.

He was a senator from 1999 to 2007.

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