Crimes

Yobe deputy gov loses daughter, days after son died in auto crash

The deputy governor of Yobe State, Idi Barde Gubana, has lost his 16-year-old daughter, Khadija, to a road accident.

This was disclosed via a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Hussaini Mai Suleh, on Thursday.

Suleh disclosed that Khadija died in an auto crash along Maiduguri-Kano Road.

He added that the deputy governor’s daughter died as a result of injuries she sustained from the accident.

Suleh said the deceased has been buried according to Islamic rites at the palace of the Mai of Fune in Damagum town in Fune Local Government Area of Yobe State.

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“She left behind her parents, brothers and sisters. May her soul rest in peace, may God Almighty give the family the courage to bear the fortitude especially the pillar of the family Hon Idi Barde Gubana,” the deputy governor’s aide stated.

This comes barely a few days after Gubana lost his son, Buni, to a road accident.

The Star had reported that the seven-year-old boy, who was named after the Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, and two others died in a road accident along the Maiduguri-Kano expressway last Saturday.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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