Abdulkadir Kure

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Personal life

Kure was married to Zainab Abdulkadir Kure, a former civil servant and, beginning in 2007, a member of the Nigerian Senate until 2015. They had two daughters and four sons.[4]

Kure hailed from Lapai Local Government of the state, he held a traditional title of Rani Lapai. He died on 8 January 2017 in Germany at the age of 60.[5]

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