By Mustapha Salisu
Kano State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Murtala Sule Garo, has represented Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on condolence visits to bereaved families in Rano, Bebeji and Kano Municipal Local Government Areas.
In Rano, Garo visited the family of Malama Zainab Abu, elder sister of Hon. Aliyu Maikasuwa Rano, a former Special Adviser during the Ganduje administration, and Ibrahim Ishaq of Dan’uwa Rano TV.
Malama Zainab reportedly died on Thursday evening following a brief illness.
In Bebeji, the Deputy Governor extended condolences to Hon. Mudan Bebeji, a former Chairman of Bebeji Local Government and former Executive Secretary of the Kano State Scholarship Board, over the death of his younger sister, Hajiya Halima Umar Bebeji.
The delegation also visited the family of Mahmud Muhammad, a staff member of the Ministry for Local Government and younger brother of Hon. Saleh Akwashe, a former Secretary of Kano Municipal Local Government Area.
Mahmud, aged 56, died on Friday, October 9, 2026. He is survived by his wife and five children.
During the visits, Garo conveyed Governor Yusuf’s condolences to the bereaved families and prayed to Allah to forgive the deceased, grant them Aljannatul Firdaus and give their families the strength to bear the losses.