BREAKING: Isaiah Balat dies at 62

Balat was a presidential aide
A close aide of President Goodluck Jonathan from northwest Nigeria, Isaiah Balat, is dead.
Mr. Balat, a former senator and minister of works was serving as a senior special adviser to the president in the office of the vice president before his death.
He died in Abuja on Tuesday at about 1pm, his political ally and kinsman, Philip Sule, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr. Balat, 62, was a notable Kaduna politician.