Kebbi Assembly Speaker laid to rest in Zuru

Thousands of mourners connected Thursday thronged Zuru successful Kebbi State arsenic the precocious Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Muhammad Usman Zuru (Lifiddan Zuru), was laid to remainder amid heavy grief.

The ceremonial prayer, held astatine the Zuru Jumu’at Mosque astir 6:00 p.m. and led by Imam Suleiman Tanko, drew a ample assemblage of sympathisers, including authorities officials, accepted rulers and governmental leaders from wrong and extracurricular the state.

The Speaker died connected Monday, April 6, 2026, astatine a infirmary successful Cairo, Egypt, aft a prolonged illness.

Those successful attendance included Kebbi State Governor Nasir Idris; the Emir of Zuru, Muhammadu Sanusi Sami Gomo III; Deputy Governor, Umar Abubakar Tafida; Senator Muhammad Adamu Alieru; and erstwhile Governor Saidu Usman Nasamu Dakingari, alongside members of the State House of Assembly and Executive Council.

At the funeral, Governor Idris described the Speaker’s decease arsenic a large nonaccomplishment to the authorities and the nation.

“His passing is simply a monumental nonaccomplishment not lone to his household and the radical of Zuru Emirate but to Kebbi State and the federation astatine large.

He was a antheral of humility, dedication, and unwavering committedness to legislative work and the advancement of our state,” helium said.

“The overwhelming turnout of mourners from wrong and beyond Kebbi State is simply a wide reflection of the interaction helium made connected the lives of our radical and the respect helium earned crossed each levels.

“We...