JUST IN: Kano lawmaker Sarki Aliyu Daneji dies hours after colleague’s passing
Kola Oyelere Kano
Hon. Sarki Aliyu Daneji, the lawmaker representing Kano Municipal in the Kano State House of Assembly, has died on Wednesday, barely hours after the death of his colleague, Hon. Aminu Sa’adu Ungogo.
The Director-General, Media and Public Relations, Government House, Kano, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, confirmed Daneji’s death to journalists in Kano.
Daneji’s demise came shortly after the passing of Hon. Ungogo, who was the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and represented Ungogo Local Government in the Assembly.
Ungogo, a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), reportedly died after a brief illness.
He was said to have been at the Kano State House of Assembly earlier in the day attending a committee meeting before his death.
The sudden loss of the two lawmakers within a short interval has thrown the Kano State House of Assembly into mourning, with colleagues, party members, and constituents expressing shock and grief over the tragic development.