Nigeria, Jan. 3 -- A former governor of Kano State, Hamza Abdullahi, is dead.

He died in a German Hospital after a brief illness. He was 74.

Hadejia Emirate Council spokesperson, Talaki Mohammad, confirmed his death to journalists on Thursday.

Mr Abdullahi was governor of old Kano State from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of Muhammadu Buhari.

After Ibrahim Babangida took power, he was appointed Minister of Works and Housing, and later Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.

He was born in Hadejia, Jigawa State.

He attended the Nigeria Air Force Tactical Training Wing, Kaduna in 1964. He completed the Aircraft Technical Officer's Course in West Germany (1964-1966), and studied at the Royal Military Training...