Mohammed Bello Sifawa, Secretary to the Sokoto State Government is mourning the tragic death of his Daughter and three Grandchildren following a fire incident that occurred in their home Monday morning.
The late Sifawa’s daughter was the wife to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Sports and Youths Development, Alhaji Muhammadu Yusuf Bello.
The inferno occurred in the wee hours of the morning and engulfed the entire house while the family members were sleeping. Their husband and father was the only survivor.
As at the filing in of this report, the cause of the fire was still under investigation. Men of the Sokoto State Fire Service battled for hours before they brought the fire down.
The remains of the deceased housewife and her children will be interred at Sheikh Shehu Usmanu Danfodiyo Mosque Sifawa today at the family home of the SSG who is father to the deceased housewife.
Idris Mohammed Gobir, Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Members of the state Executive Council, APC stalwarts, friends and well-wishers have been trooping to Sifawa’s to commiserate with him over his heart- breaking losses.