Yobe State Deputy Governor Idi Gubana has lost his daughter Khadija in an auto crash which earlier claimed the life of his seven-year-old son, Mai Buni Junior.
The accident occurred along the Maiduguri-Kano highway on June 11.
Khadija, 16, fondly called Siyama, had been hospitalised since the incident.
“Late Siyama and other members of her family were involved in a motor accident on Saturday, June 11, 2022, in which her seven-year-old younger brother, Mai Mala Buni Junior, died on the spot, while she was rushed to Dala Orthopaedic Hospital, Kano for treatment on the injuries she sustained during the accident. As fate would have it she died today, Thursday, and has been buried according to Islamic injunctions,” a statement by the chief press secretary to the deputy governor, Hussaini Suleh said.
She was buried at the Damagum cemetery, Damagum town, Fune Local Government Area of the state.
