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Sokoto loses Another Commissioner

By Muhammad Goronyo, Sokoto


Alhaji Abdulkadir Jeli Abubakar (1957-2021)
Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State was on Thursday evening among dignitaries who witnessed the funeral of one the state’s commissioners.

This was made known by the Special Adviser on Media an Publicity to the government, Muhammad Bello.

He said the late Alhaji Abdulkadir Jeli Abubakar III, erstwhile Commissioner for Home Affairs died after a protracted illness at the age of 64.

Seven months ago Hon. Surajo Gatawa, who was Commissioner for Lands end Housing died too.

A scion of the late Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar III and junior brother to the current Sultan of Sokoto, the deceased who was a Commissioner for Information and National Orientation, in the state is survived by two wives, many children and grand children.
He has since being buried according to Islamic rites

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