The immediate past deputy governor died at the age of 64.
Bala Bantex, former Kaduna deputy governor dies at 64
Former deputy governor of Kaduna state, Bala Bantex is dead.
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According to Leadership, the politician died in an Abuja hospital on Sunday, July 11, 2021.
Bantex served as deputy governor to Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 and 2019.
In 2019, he resigned to contest for Kaduna south senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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He was defeated by the incumbent, Senator Danjuma La’ah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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