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Former first Military Governor of the defunct North-Western State, Usman Faruk, (Jarman Gombe) retired Commissioner of Police is dead.
He died in the early hours of Friday at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe after a protracted illness at the age of 85.
Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya while reacting to the death, expressed grief over the demise of the elder statesman and fist military Governor of the defunct North-Western state before the creation of more states in 1976.
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The Governor led a government delegation to attend the funeral prayer for the deceased, which was held at the Modibbo Bubayero Central Mosque, Emir’s Palace, Gombe.