Tambuwal loses special adviser

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Zayyani Bello-Gandi, the Special Adviser to Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Primary Health Development (PHCD), is dead.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bello-Gandi, 52, died on Tuesday after a protracted illness and was buried according to Islamic rites in Sokoto on Wednesday.

The deceased was the former chairman of Rabah Local Government Area of the state and he left behind three wives and 20 children.

Deputy Governor Ahmad Aliyu, commissioners, special advisers and other government officials attended the burial ceremony.

They prayed God to console the family of the deceased.