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Panic As Kano Suffers Death Of Prominent Citizens
Kano has been gripped with apprehension after the state lost at least eight of its most illustrious persons in the spate of 24 hours.
The deaths which happened at the weekend between Friday and Saturday were not immediately linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, though in some cases some of the deceased showed symptoms but they were not tested.
- Prof. Ibrahim Ayagi; former Managing Director of the defunct Continental Trust Bank
- Prof. Aliyu Abdullahi Umar Dikko; a professor of physiology who helped to establish school of medicine in at least three universities.
- Abdullahi Lawal, Regional Manager of First Bank in Kano,
- Mallam Musa Ahmad Tijjani, ex-Editor of Leadership Sunday and Triumph newspapers.
- Alh. Adam Iliyasu Dal, a former Chairman of the Kano State Civil Service Commission
- Nasiru Maikano Bichi;
- Dr. Musa Umar Gwarzo;
- Ustaz Dahiru Rabiu, who is a former Grand Khadi of Kano State.
The late Prof. Ayagi was a Commissioner for Economic Development in the State from 1975-1978, just as he was also a former Director-General of Kano Foundation from 1987-1990. Ayagi, who is also the proprietor of Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo College in Kano, died on Saturday, after a protracted illness at the age 80.
Prof. Aliyu Umar Dikko was former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) at the Bayero University Kano (BUK). He was involved in the opening of three faculties of Medicine / Basic Medical Sciences in Bayero University, Kaduna State University and Yusuf Maitama Sule University.
As for Lawal, the First Bank Regional Manager in Kano, he died from a suspected case of COVID-19. Family sources told PRNigeria that immediately the late Banker took ill, he was first put on admission at a private clinic from where he was referred to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
Sources said the late Lawal, who was in his early 50, was rushed to a private clinic after he suffered high fever, intermittent cough, and respiratory hiccups without getting medical care, before he gave up the ghost.
It was gathered that not a few suspects that the eminent personalities, who just died, might have succumbed to the strange illness since there was no evidence of their being tested for Coronavirus since the Covid-19 Testing Centre in Kano have been shut down with no definite date for resumption of the test in the most populous state in Nigeria.
The developments in Kano come against the background of allegations that over a hundred persons were buried in the city’s cemeteries last weekend, a claim that was denied by the state government.
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