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A retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Tambari Yabo, is dead.
NAN learnt that Yabo died on Saturday, at the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, at the age of 64, after a brief illness.
A family member, Malam Faruku Yabo, confirmed that the deceased, who was survived by two wives, 14 children, and many grandchildren, had been buried in Yabo, his hometown, after a funeral prayer led by the Chief Imam of Yabo, Sheikh Lema Faruk.
Amongst the personalities that attended the prayer were, the Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, former Governors of Sokoto state, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, and Yahaya Abdulkarim, respectively, Chief of Staff to Governor Aminu Tambuwal, Alhaji Muktar Magori, among others.