Alhaji Mu’azu Muhammadu Kwairanga 111, the First-Class Emir of Funakaye, on Saturday, died in his sleep in Bajoga, Gombe.
The Emir, according to the statement from the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, died a day after attending the commissioning of the Central Mosque in Kaltungo, Vanguard reports.
This was shortly after collecting humanitarian assistance from President Muhammadu Buhari.
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“He died a day after attending the commissioning of the Central Mosque in Kaltungo and just a few hours after he collected humanitarian assistance dispatched to his people by President Buhari following the losses suffered from devastating floods.
“The mostly food items were delivered through Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy and had not fully been off-loaded when the news of his death was broken,” the statement read.