Nigeria, July 6 -- A former national vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Inuwa Abdulkadir, is dead.

He died on Monday morning in Sokoto State. The cause of his death has not been ascertained at the time of filing this report and no official statement has been released by his family.

Mr Abdulkadir's death was confirmed by a former senator and his political associate, Shehu Sani.

Mr Sani confirmed the death of the politician in a post on Twitter.

Mr Abdulkadir was a member of the National Working Committee of the APC that was recently dissolved by the party's National Executive Council.

He was from Sokoto State and was an Attorney-General and Commissioner For Justice in Sokoto State during the administration of Aliyu ...