Niger deputy governor loses younger brother
Umar Garba, the chief imam of Rafin-Kuka and the younger brother of Niger’s Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba, has passed away at 46.
A statement on Tuesday by Ummulkhatume Abdullahi, the deputy governor’s press secretary, said Mr Garba died in the early hours of Tuesday in Rafin-Kuka in Shiroro Local Government after a brief illness.
Ms Abdullahi added that the deceased left behind a wife, two children, and an aged mother.
The burial of the deceased would take place at the Kuta Central Mosque, Shiroro Local Government.
The statement prayed for Allah to forgive the deceased soul and grant him eternal rest in paradise.
(NAN)
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