He died at his residence in Gusau by 1:00 a.m., and will be buried today according to Islamic rites.
Ibrahim Dosara, the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Publicity and Public Enlightenment, said the deceased has been ill for a long time now.
“On behalf of Governor Abdul’aziz Yari and Zamfara State Government, I wish to extend our condolence to the family of the deceased, journalists in the state and the entire people of Zamfara state, over the death of the veteran journalist”, he said.
Dosara described the death of Bello Sama’ila as a great loss to the state, his family and journalism profession. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased was the pioneer Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state and a former Managing Director of the state owned Legacy Newspapers.
