Father of Zamfara House of Assembly Speaker, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, Muazu Abubakar, has died in bandits’ enclave.
Elder brother to deceased, Dahiru Saraki Magarya, disclosed this on Saturday.
Abubakar was kidnaped eight weeks ago along with his wife, three weeks old baby and three others.
Magarya, who was among those kidnapped in July, said his brother dead in bandits captivity due to heart failure.
Magarya and many others were rescued by the police in collaboration with military at the command headquarters in Gusau on Saturday.
Magarya said a bandit kingpin, Kachalla, informed him a day to their rescue that his brother was dead due to heart failure while in captivity.
