PHOTOS As Balarabe Musa Is Laid To Rest In Kaduna

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The remains of Alhaji Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa, the 2nd Republic Governor of Kaduna State, was committed to the mother earth in Kaduna, Wednesday.

The burial was preceded by a funeral prayer led by Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, at Sultan Bello Central Mosque, Kaduna.

The open ground of Sultan Bello Mosque had several people from within and outside the Kaduna metropolis who came to pay their last respect to the elder statesman described as the defender and voice of the masses.

 

The funeral prayer conducted immediately after the Asri (early evening prayer) was also attended by two former Governors, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi and Mukhtar Ramalan Yero, while the incumbent Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai who was said to have travelled out of the country, was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Balarabe Abbas Lawal.

Others sighted are the funeral ceremony include Senator Shehu Sani, Chief Judge of Kaduna State, Justice Mohammed Lawal; Alhaji Lema Jibril, PDP Governorship Candidate in 2019 election, Hon. Isah Mohammed Ashiru; former executive secretary of Petroleum Technology Development Fund, Alhaji Hussaini Jallo and several serving and former Commissioners and District Heads.

Balarabe Musa died on Wednesday, Nov 11 at the age of 84.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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