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BREAKING: Emir Of Kaura Namoda, Zamfara Dies Awaiting COVID-19 Test Result
The Emir of Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Muhammad Ahmad Asha, is dead.
He was said to have died of suspected coronavirus-related complication on Sunday morning.
The Emir, according to the Publicity Secretary for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in the state, Alhaji Mustafa Jafaru Kaura, had been in isolation at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau three days ago.
Mustafa disclosed that he died while they are still awaiting the results of the coronavirus test carried out on him.
“We really don’t know whether he was killed by the COVID-19 or not because up till this morning, we have not received the result of his blood sample had been sent to Abuja.
He said the remains of the late Emir were still in the hospital waiting for burial by officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
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Aged 71, the late Emir was appointed in 2004 by the first civilian Governor of the state, Alhaji Sani Yariman Bakura.
Until his appointment, he was an accountant, Auditor, and Director Finance at Kaura Namoda, Gusau, Bukkuyum local government councils respectively, and a Village head of Nasarawar Mai-layi in the year 1975.
He became senior District Head (Chief) of Kaura Namoda in the year 2000, a position he held until his appointment as the second Emir of Kaura Namoda.
The traditional ruler ascended to the throne 16 years ago.
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