{"id":1088,"date":"2020-05-03T13:49:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-03T12:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=1088"},"modified":"2020-05-03T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T13:35:21","slug":"breaking-another-nigerian-emir-dies-awaiting-covid-19-test-result-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/breaking-another-nigerian-emir-dies-awaiting-covid-19-test-result-in-zamfara\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Another Nigerian Emir dies awaiting COVID-19 test result in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"
An Emir in Zamfara State, Mohammed Ahmad Asha, died Sunday morning, less than 24 hours after the death of Emir of Rano in Kano State, Tafida Abubakar-Illa.<\/p>\n
Both Zamfara and Kano State are in Nigeria’s northern region.<\/p>\n
Aged 71, Asha, who was the Emir of Kaura-Namoda in the state, was said to have died in isolation after he suffered suspected coronavirus-related complications.<\/p>\n
ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong>How leader, Prof Hashim, died less than 24 hours after Emir\u2019s death in Kano<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The Publicity Secretary for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Zamfara State, Mustafa Jafaru Kaura, said, the late Emir was taken in for isolation at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau three days ago.<\/p>\n Though his death has not been confirmed to have been caused by coronavirus infection, but Mustafa said his blood sample had been sent to Abuja for the COVID-19 test, but \u201cthe result is still being awaited.\u201d<\/p>\n He said the state was awaiting a burial arrangement for the late Emir by officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.<\/p>\n Asah was appointed in 2004 by the first former civilian Governor of the state, Alhaji Sani Yariman Bakura.<\/p>\n Before he was enthroned, he was an accountant, Auditor, and Director Finance at Kaura Namoda, Gusau, Bukkuyum local government councils respectively, and a Village head of Nasarawar Mai-layi in the year 1975.<\/p>\n He became senior District Head (Chief) of Kaura Namoda in the year 2000, a position he held until his appointment as the second Emir of Kaura Namoda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Emir in Zamfara State, Mohammed Ahmad Asha, died Sunday morning, less than 24 hours after the death of Emir of Rano in Kano State, Tafida Abubakar-Illa. Both Zamfara and Kano State are in Nigeria’s […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[35,68,119,165,41,168],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-1088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-covid-19","11":"tag-kano","12":"tag-mohammed-ahmad-asha","13":"tag-nigeria","14":"tag-zamfara"},"yoast_head":"\n