Bala Bantex, the immediate past deputy governor of Kaduna State, has died aged 64.
Sources at the Kaduna Government House confirmed the death to journalists.

Bantex served as deputy governor to Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 and 2019. In 2019 he aspired for Senate but lost to Senator La’ah.






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