Kebbi Governor, Bagudu, loses brother to illness

Atiku Bagudu

Faruku Bagudu, the immediate younger brother of Kebbi Governor, Abubakar Bagudu, has died.

The governor’s spokesman, Abubakar Dakingari, made the disclosure in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday.

Dakingari said the governor’s younger brother died at his Birnin Kebbi residence on Thursday after a brief illness at the age of 56.

Until his demise, the deceased was the Managing Director of Jihab Communication Limited.

He left behind one wife and four children, and has been buried according to Islamic rites.