KANO COVID-RELATED DEATHS CONTINUE AS TRADITIONAL RULER, FORMER REPS MEMBER ÀND FORMER COMMISSIONER, OTHERS DIE SAME DAY

That the rich and influential are dying in their droves in Kano is no longer news. Perhaps it was their deaths that raises the alarm that something was wrong in the state. Meanwhile, the PRESIDENTIAL delegation on factfinding mission to the state has since denies Ganduje’s claim that their deaths are not Coronavirus related.

A traditional leader and Jarman Kano, Prof Isa Hashimi, on Sunday became the latest prominent person to die in the state, which has lost no fewer than 640 people in the last few weeks.

Hashimi died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 86. A government official confirmed the death to one of our correspondents.

His demise was coming barely hours after the death of the Emir of Rano, Alhaji  Abubakar Ila II,  on Saturday.

Hashim,  who was once a lecturer at the Bayero University, Kano, was a senior member of the Kano Emirate Council.

Also,  a former member of the House of Representatives, Jakada Kiru, died on Sunday.

A family source, who confirmed the death to one of our correspondents, said Kiru died at the age of 62 and had been buried in accordance with Islamic rites in his hometown, Kiru.

A former Commissioner for Education, Mallam Haruna Shanono, died three days ago. Shanono was a commissioner during the Kabiru Gaya’s tenure as  governor of the state in the Second Republic.

It was gathered that the ex-lawmaker and the former commissioner died of  COVID-19 related  complications.

Zamfara Emir dies in COVID-19 isolation

In  Zamfara State, the Emir of Kaura-Namoda,  Alhaji Mohammed Asha,  died in the early hours of Sunday.

The Publicity Secretary for the Control and Prevention of COVID 19 in the state, Alhaji Mustafa  Kaura, told journalists  that the Emir was brought to  the  isolation centre  at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, three days ago, when he developed symptoms of the disease.

Kaura stressed that his blood sample had been sent to Abuja for the test, adding that “the result is still being awaited”.

He said the remains of the Emir were in the hospital awaiting burial by officials of the NCDC.