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Fear As Strange Death Spreads In Kano
Former Education Commissioner, Another Prof Die
Fear has enveloped residents of Kano metropolis as more people continued to succumb to a strange illness that has hit some parts of the city.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that scores of people, including elites and prominent sons of the state, have been lost to the yet-to-be identified disease, with Dala, Fagge, Tarauni, Nasarawa, Gwale and Kano Municipal worst hit.
Among those already buried are academics, administrators, bankers, media practitioners and businessmen
A source told NAN that one of the victims of the illness, Alhaji Aminu Yahaya, a former Commissioner of Education, died on Saturday night.
“Aminu died last night. We have just buried him. He was diabetic and came down with a fever few hours before he passed on,” Alhaji Muhammad Yahaya, a brother to Aminu Yahaya, told NAN on Sunday.
A professor of mass communication, at Bayero University in Kano, Balarabe Maikaba on Sunday became the latest prominent person in the state to succumb to the strange illness. He became the sixth professor in the state to die.
NAN sources, however, indicated that the deaths were not connected to the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as none of the deceased had tested positive to the pandemic.
Dr Isa Abubakar, the Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Bayero University Kano (BUK), told NAN that the disease resulting to the surge in deaths was not related to Coronavirus.
According to him, none of the deceased was confirmed to have exhibited the symptoms of the pandemic.
Meanwhile, the Kano State Government says it has begun investigation into the cause of the recent surge in deaths recorded in Kano metropolis.
Dr. Tijjani Husaini, the Executive Secretary, Kano State Primary Healthcare Board, told NAN that the investigation was to examine causes of the deaths and ascertain the number victims in the metropolis.
Husaini said that the state government would brief members of the public on the outcome of the findings as soon as investigation was concluded.
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