BREAKING: Former Kaduna Deputy Governor And Top APC Chieftain, Bala Dies At 64

The immediate-past deputy governor of Kaduna State, Bala Bantex is dead.

He was aged 64.

Bantex served as deputy governor to Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 and 2019 when he resigned to aspire for Senate.

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Born in 1956, Yusuf Barnabas Bala a.k.a Bantex was an architect and astute Nigerian politician.

He was a former state chairman of the ruling political party APC in Kaduna.