Update: How Emir of Rano, Dr Abubarkar Died

By Adesina Soyooye

Kano state has lost one of its First Class Emirs. Dr Tafida Abubakar,  IIa ll, Emir of Rano, is dead. Aged 74, the Emir died early Saturday evening at the Nasarawa Specialist Hospital.

His death was sudden and swift, fuelling  speculations that, perhaps, he was a victim of the deadly Coronavirus.

Sources said he took ill on Friday, and was rushed to the  Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. When his situation was not improving,  he was transferred to the Nasarawa Specialist Hospital where he, shockingly, passed on.

In the past couple of weeks, Kano state has witnessed the death of over 650 of its indigenes, many of them Professors, Doctorate degree holders in different fields, and core professionals.

Abdullahi Ghanduje,  Kano state Govermor, had, surprisingly attributed the deaths to malaria and typhoid.

However, Kano state is reeling under the sting of Coronavirus. There are fears that the state is most likely to become the epicentre of the Virus and Nigeria’s nemesis. Already, both the Federal Government and WHO have moved in hundreds of health personnel to the state to avoid a catastrophe.

Rano was one of the Emirates carved out of the old  Kano Emirate by Governor Ghanduje in the heat of his bitter quarrel with the then Emir of Kano, Dr Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. It resulted in the deposition of Sanusi by Ghanduje as Kano Emir.