Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State was on Thursday evening among dignitaries who witnessed the funeral of one the state’s commissioners.
According to a press release by Muhammad Bello, Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the Governor, the late Alhaji Abdulkadir Jeli Abubakar III, erstwhile Commissioner for Home Affairs died after a protracted illness at the age of 64.
It could be recalled that seven months ago Hon. Surajo Gatawa, who was Commissioner for Lands end Housing died too.
A scion of the late Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar III and younger brother to the current Sultan of Sokoto, the deceased who was a Commissioner for Information and National Orientation, in the state is survived by two wives, many children and grand children.
He has since been buried according to Islamic rites.
