From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu
Yobe State Governor Hon. Mai Mala Buni CON, in company of the Speaker Yobe state House of Assembly, Hon. Ciroma Buba Mashio, Senator representating Zone B, Mohammed Ibrahim Bomoi, emirs and hundreds of others today attended funeral Prayer for the late Emir of Tikau, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Ibn Grema, at the Emir’s palace, Sabon Garin Nangere.
In a press statement signed by Mamman Mohammad The DG press and media Affairs to the Governor said, the Governor Buni described the death of the first-class Emir as a great loss to the Emirate, the state, and the country, “whose wealth of wisdom and experience would be greatly missed.
“He was a peace loving leader, fair and just to all, objective, and committed to the interest of his people and the development of Tikau Emirate,” the governor said.
Governor Buni prayed to Almighty Allah to grant his soul eternal rest in Aljannatu firdaus and to grant his family, and the people of the emirate the fortitude to bear the loss.
He extended his personal condolences, that of the government, and the people of the state to his family and the Emirate.
National Assembly members, including Hon. Lawan Shettima Ali, Hon. Tijjani Zanna Zakariya, the APC State Chairman, Alhaji Muhammad Gadaka, members of the state assembly, commissioners, members of the business community, and others from within and outside the state also attended the funeral prayer.
They prayed to Allah to forgive his shortcomings and to grant him eternal rest.