The Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Media and Publicity, Malam Imam Imam is dead.

Imam died around 3.am at the Nziamye Turkish Hospital Abuja after a brief illness on Friday.

The younger brother, Abubakar Imam and his friend Muhammad Isa, confirmed that the deceased would be buried at Wuse 2 after Jumuat Prayers.

The burial would be held at the Al-Nur Mosque in Abuja.

The Sokoto state government has yet to release a statement on the death of the governor’s spokesman