BEVERLY HILLS, April 25, (THEWILL) – Kano State has witnessed at least 23 high-profile deaths in the past 24 hours (Saturday), as strange deaths continue in the state.
Although the State Government has instituted an investigation to determine the causes of these and other recent deaths, there are suspicions that the deaths may be due to the novel coronavirus.
One of the high-profile deaths includes that of Ibrahim Ayagi, a Kano-based professor of economics and former head of Nigerian Economic Intelligence Bureau who was aged 80 years.
Other notable deaths in the state are of the former Grand Kadi of Kano, Dahiru Khadi, Musa Umar Gwarzo, as well as Musa Tijjani, editor of the state-owned Triumph Newspaper.
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Other high-profile individuals who have died within the period include Adamu Isyaku Dal, former executive secretary, SUBEB; Salisu Lado, Nene Umma, Garba Sarki Fagge, and the mother of renounced businessman, Ado Gwanja.
The list of the dead also includes Aliyu Umar Dikko, a professor in the department of Physiology, Bayero University, Kano, and Nasiru Maikano Bichi, secretary, Students Affairs, North West University, Kano.
