Dr Abba Sayyadi Ruma, is dead.
The former minister of agriculture and water resources died in a London hospital.
His uncle and Danwairen Katsina, Alhaji Sada Salisu Ruma, said late Sayyadi battled diabetes for a long time before he died Wednesday morning.
Born on March 13, 1962, late Ruma was an influential minister during the administration of late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua.
He is survived by two wives and nine children.