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