Former Interior Minister, Sardaunan Dutse, Dies At 76

The Former Minister of Interior, Commerce who was also a renowned businessman and a strong politician, in northern Nigeria Alh Bello Maitama Yusuf, Sardaunan Dutse is dead.

Maitama died today Friday morning at the age of 76 after a protracted illness at a Kano hospital, according to family sources.

His funeral (Jana’iza) will take place at the Kano Emir’s Palace after Juma’at Prayer.

Sardaunan Dutse was born in April, 1947. He was educated at North Gate University, Washington and was a member of the defunct National Party of Nigeria.

He was the Minister for Internal Affairs in 1979 and Minister for Commerce in 1982.

Prior, to joining politics, he founded Quartz Integerated Services Nigeria Limited right after he had finished university, it was a renowned and very influential construction company which had first started operating in Kano.

He was a lawyer and had served as a chief registrar at the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano. He was also a one time member of the Constituent Assembly.

He was elected to the Senate for the Jigawa South West constituency in April 1999, and reelected in April 2003.

He was turbaned with the prestigious traditional title of “Sarduanan Dutse” in his state, Jigawa by Dutse Emirate council .