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Buhari mourns two leading Zazzau emirate’s members
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, expressed sadness over the death of two leading members of the Zazzau Emir.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, expressed sadness over the death of two leading members of the Zazzau Emirate, the Iyan Zazzau, Alhaji Bashir Aminu; and Talban Zazzau, Abubakar Pate in one fell swoop.
His condolence message was contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled “President Buhari mourns Iyan Zazzau Aminu and Talban Zazzau Pate.”
Shehu quoted the President as describing their death as a double tragedy.
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of two leading members of the Zazzau Emirate, the Iyan Zazzau, Alhaji Bashir Aminu and Talban Zazzau, Abubakar Pate in one fell swoop.
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The Zazzau Emirate of Kaduna State has lost two princes – Iyan Zazzau, Bashir Aminu and Talban Zazzau, Abubakar Pate.
The duo died just over three months after the former Emir of Zazzau, Shehu Idris, joined his ancestors.
DAILY POST gathered that COVID-19 complications claimed Aminu, who aspired to replace Idris; while heart attack took Pate.
The princes died within 24 hours. The Iyan passed away on New Year Day, six days after he clocked 70, while the Talban gave up the ghost on Thursday.
President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, called it a double tragedy.
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The president said that the death of such two prominent figures in Zazzau emirate comes to me as a rude shock.
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President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of two leading members of the Zazzau Emirate, the Iyan Zazzau, Bashir Aminu and Talban Zazzau, Abubakar Pate, in one fell swoop, describing their demise as a double tragedy. Iyan Zazzau Bashar Aminu Talban Zazzau, Abdulkadir Iya-Pate
Reacting to the incidents on Friday, the president said that “the death of such two prominent figures in Zazzau emirate comes to me as a rude shock not long after the death of former Emir Shehu Idris.”