TRAGEDY: SOKOTO SSG LOSES DAUGHTER, THREE GRANDCHILDREN IN HOUSE FIRE
The Secretary to the Sokoto State Government, Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Sifawa, tragically lost his daughter and three grandchildren in a fire that occurred in the early hours of Monday.
The Deceased was a housewife to the Permanent secretary of the state Ministry of Sports and Youths Development Alhaji Muhammadu Yusuf Bello.
The fire which started in the wee hours of the night engulfed the entire house while the family were sleeping, in which only her husband survived.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation as men of the state fire service battled for hours before they brought the fire down.
The remains of the deceased housewife and her 3 children are slated for burial at Sheikh Shehu Usmanu Danfodiyo Mosque Sifawa at about midnight today at the family home of the SSG who is a father to the Deceased housewife.
Already the state deputy Governor Eng Idris Mohammed Gobir, Members of the state executive council, APC stalwarts, friends and well-wishers have been trooping to Sifawa for burial rites and condolence.
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