The Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Mr Muhammad Usman Zuru, has died in an Egyptian hospital.
He was said to have breathed his last on Monday night at the North African healthcare facility.
Details surrounding his death last night have yet to be made public, but the Special Adviser to Governor Nasir Idris on Communication and Strategy, Mr Idris Zuru, said, “We are still gathering full details surrounding his passing. The government will make an official statement and announce burial arrangements in consultation with the family.”
“The death of the Speaker, Muhammad Usman Zuru, came to us as a rude shock. It is a painful loss not only to Kebbi State but to the entire nation,” the media aide further stated.
It was gathered that the late Speaker travelled to Egypt to receive treatment for an undisclosed illness.
Before his passing, the lawmaker represented Zuru Constituency in the Kebbi State House of Assembly.