The senator who represented Katsina North Senatorial district between 2003 and 2011, Kanti Bello, is dead.
Mohammed Isa, one of Bello’s former aides, disclosed this on Tuesday but did not go into details.
Bello was known to be outspoken on the floor of the senate, even though by the middle of his second term in the legislative chamber, he was among senators who had not solely sponsored any private bill.
In an interview he granted in June, Bello came down hard on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is from his state.
He accused the current administration of not doing enough to revive the economy and also alleged that the Buhari government was selective in its anti-graft war.
“You see, every generation has to face some challenges and our challenge now in this country is the economy,” he had said.
A graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in Kaduna state, Bello was born in 1945.
He was succeeded by Sirika Hadi
