AbdulkadirMagaji, chairman of Kaduna state Football Association and independent vice-chairman of the Nigeria National League(NNL), has died.
Abdulsalam Jere, secretary of Kaduna FA, announced this on Tuesday, saying Kapaka died in a Lagos hospital after a brief illness.
According to Jere, the deceased was aged 52.
In December, Magaji attended the 72nd general assembly of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) in Lagos, where the new board of the NNL was inaugurated.
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A graduate of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Magaji was a two-time member of the Kaduna state house of assembly, and was also a two-time special adviser to Ibrahim Yakowa, former Kaduna governor, on sports.
He was a member of the NFF match commissioners’ appointment committee before he was announced as the independent vice chairman of the NNL.
He is survived by his father, wife and three children.
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