August 28, (THEWILL) – The Emir of Funakaye in Gombe State, Alhaji Mu’azu Muhammad Kwairanga, is dead.
The monarch died on Sunday morning, at his palace in Bagoja town, headquarters of Funakaye local government area.
sources within the palace said Kwairanga suffered a cardiac attack. He was aged 45.
Before his sudden death, the late Monarch had attended the flag-off of the distribution of assorted foods sent to the State by President Muhammadu Buhari for the vulnerables, held at the Custodian Hotel in Gombe on Saturday, where he was nominated as a member of the distribution committee.
Late Kwairanga succeeded his late younger brother on the throne last year.
Meanwhile, Gombe State governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has described the passing of the monarch as a monumental loss.
The governor in a statement signed by his media aide, Isma’ila Uba Misilli, said Gombe State has lost one of its finest traditional rulers who worked relentlessly with other royal fathers in the state and offered counsels and fatherly guidance for the peace, unity, growth and development of the state in particular and Nigeria as a whole.
He described the late Emir as a humble, decent and down to earth monarch, who cared for his subjects, as well as the unity and progress of the state, describing his one year reign as remarkably eventful.
Governor Yahaya extended his heartfelt condolences on behalf of the government and people of Gombe State, to the royal family, people of Funakaye Emirate, the chairman of Gombe State Council of Emirs and Chiefs, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Abubakar lll, as well as the entire state over the loss.
