Former commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs in Zamfara Bello Dankande Gamji died at the early hours of Tuesday.
He died at a private clinic in Gusau the state capital after he was admitted for a brief illness.
A family source said, throughout yesterday the politician was never ill but experienced abnormality midnight of today a circumstance that led to his urgent admission at Hilal Hospital in Gusau.
He died at the age of 56 and left behind four wives, 20 children and six grand children.
His funeral prayer would be conducted at his country home Gamji in Bakura Local government area of the state on today by 4:00pm.
