A Second Republic House of Representatives member, Junaid Mohammed is dead.
Mohammed died on Thursday night at the age of 73.
Confirming his death, Mohammed’s younger brother, Ahmad Salik, told newsmen that the politician died after a brief illness at his Lamido Crescent residence in Kano.
Salik added that Mohammed’s funeral prayer is scheduled for Friday morning at the Farm Centre graveyard in Tarauni quarters in the Kano municipal.
Mohammed was the founding member of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in 1976 which was led by the late Aminu Kano. He also served as the National Deputy Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the North-West.
In 2018, Donald Duke, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), picked him as his running mate for the 2019 election.
He was known for his fierce criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He was also an anti-corruption crusader and an advocate of good governance.
Mohammed was a Soviet Union-trained medical doctor. He practised and taught medicine before he joined politics and became a member of the House of Representatives under the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) of the Second Republic.
