By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri –
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has expressed grief over the death of Yobe State Commissioner of Youths and Sports, Alhaji Bukar Goni Lawan, who was involved in a ghastly accident along Damaturu-kano road on Tuesday.
The deceased was said to have accompanied the State Governor, Hon. Mai Mala Buni to a funeral prayer and departed by road to kano, while the governor and his aides departed for Maiduguri International airport from Damaturu, only to be truncated and saddened by the sad news of the sudden dead of his cabinet member, who is also a good friend and political ally of the governor.
With sad incident, Governor Buni has decided to cut his Abuja trip short and return to Damaturu for the burial.
While leading some top government delegation to the residence of the deceased on Wednesday morning, for the funeral prayers of the late commissioner, Governor Buni who could not hide his feelings and emotion broke down in tears.
Gov. Buni and the deceased had a long-standing relationship and he appointed him Commissioner of Youths and Sports after he was elected Governor of Yobe State.
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