Famous Lawyer and SAN Yahaya Mahmud Found Dead in His Office

Yahaya Mahmud, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, was found dead in his private office in Kaduna on Friday 15th November. Details are still sketchy, but it is reported that he was battling with hypertension that led to a minor stroke. He will be buried today according to Islamic rites. Mahmud was a lawyer to several prominent Northerners, including a former Nigerian military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida and to the present governor of Sokoto State, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko.

Before his death served as the chairman of the Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology, Akure in Ondo State.

His last public outing was last Monday in Kaduna when he presented a memo [on behalf of Kaduna State] to the committee saddled with organizing the proposed National Dialogue, during the North-West Zone public hearing.

Mahmud, a former magistrate court judge, hailed from Zaria, Kaduna State.