A former Military Administrator of Jigawa State, Brigadier General Ibrahim Aliyu (retd.) is dead.

Aliyu died on Friday in Kaduna.

The late General was the Military Administrator of Jigawa State from December 1993 to August 1996 during the military regime of the late General Sani Abacha.

Habibu Nuhu Kila, Special Adviser, Media and Public Relations to the Governor of the state in a statement on Saturday said Governor Muhammad Badaru Abubakar described the death of General Aliyu as a great loss to the people and Government of Jigawa State, noting that, the late General sacrificed his life in the service of humanity.

The statement recalled that early this month the Vice President Yemi Osibanjo was in the state to commission a road named after General Ibrahim Aliyu as part of the recognition of his contribution to the state.

‘’Governor Badaru pray to the Almighty Allah to grant him eternal rest and condole his family and people of Jigawa State the fortitude to bear the loss,” the statement said.