The chairman of Gumel local government council in Jigawa State, Hon. Lawal Ya’u is died.
Ya’u, 61, died on Saturday afternoon at a private hospital in Kano after brief illness.
The family source while confirming his death, said the chairman was survived by two wives and many children.
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The former civil servant was elected local government council chairman last August.
He was buried according to Islamic rite in his home town Gumel on Saturday evening.