Faisal Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, son of Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, former Governor of Kaduna State, is dead.
Daily Trust reports that a family source who did not want to be mentioned confirmed his death, saying the deceased was involved in an accident.
According to the report, the accident happened along Kaduna-Zaria highway on Saturday evening.
“The accident occurred along the Kaduna-Zaria highway this evening. He was taken to an undisclosed hospital where he was declared dead. His father was at the hospital; his corpse has been conveyed home for burial arrangements,” the source said.
This is the second tragic incident to befall the family of a top Nigerian this weekend.
DAILY POST recalls that the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kyari, had lost Fatima, his 23-year-old daughter on Friday.