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Emir of Rano is dead
The Emir of Rano, Dr Tafida Abubakar Ila II, has died after a brief illness following his hospitalization on Friday in Kano State.
He died on Saturday at Nassarwa Specialist Hospital at about 4:45pm.
The secretary, Rano Emirate council, Sank Haruna, told PREMIUM TIMES, that he received the news about the emir’s death few minutes to 5 p.m.
“I’m now on my way to the hospital, the emir is dead,” he said.
His Rano emirate is one of four new emirates created in Kano in the wake of the balkanization of the Kano emirate due to the friction between Gov. Ganduje and ex emir Sanusi.
