The lawmaker representing Kano Municipal in the Kano State House of Assembly, Sarki Aliyu Daneji has died on Wednesday, barely an hour after the death of his colleague, Aminu Sa’adu Ungogo.
The Director-General, Media and Public Relations, Government House, Kano, Sanusi Dawakin Tofa, confirmed Daneji’s death on Wednesday.
Daneji’s demise a hour after the passing away of Hon. Ungogo, who was the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and represented Ungogo Local Government in the Assembly.
Ungogo, a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, reportedly died after a brief illness.
He was said to have been at the Kano State House of Assembly earlier in the day attending a committee meeting before his death.
The sudden loss of the two lawmakers within a short interval has thrown the Kano State House of Assembly into mourning, with colleagues, party members, and constituents expressing shock and grief over the tragic development.
