JUST IN: Ex-agric minister, Abba Ruma dies in London
By Kalu Nwokoro Idika
Dr Abba Sayyadi Ruma, agriculture and water resources minister under the administration of late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua is dead
According to reports, Mr Ruma died in a London hospital.
However, confirming the death of Ruma, his uncle and Danwairen Katsina, Alhaji Sada Salisu Ruma, said late Sayyadi had battled diabetes for a long time before he eventually passed away this morning.
Aged 59, the late Ruma is survived by two wives and nine children.