A member of the Federal House of Representatives has been confirmed dead.

The member representing Isa-Sabon Birni federal constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga, died on Wednesday.

The death was confirmed by the member representing Sabon Birni South constituency at the Sokoto State House of Assembly, Aminu Almustapha (aka Boza).

According to Boza, the federal lawmaker died around 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday after a brief illness.

He was said to have been admitted to hospital around Tuesday noon.

“His remains would be taken to the National Mosque for the bathing ritual after which it would be flown to Sokoto for burial around 11 a.m.,” Almustapha said.