Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, lost his foster father, Malam Yahaya Hamza, in the late hours of Tuesday.
Hamza, who was a renowned educationist and former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Education, died after a brief illness.
The death of the governor’s father was announced in a statement signed by Governor El-Rufai’s Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan and made available to journalists in the state.
Meanwhile, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, was among thousands of mourners that attended the burial of the governor’s father in Kawo, Kaduna, on Wednesday
Imam Musa, who led the funeral prayer at Eid pray Ground, Kawo, Kaduna, prayed for the deceased eternal rest before he was buried at Kawo cemetery.
