Bauchi’s Emir of Ningi, Yunusa Danyaya, dies at 88
The Emir of Ningi in Bauchi State, Yunusa Danyaya, is dead.
He was 88.
The royal father passed away on Sunday after a protracted illness at a hospital in Kano.
Secretary to the Ningi Emirate Council, Usman Sule, confirmed the death in a statement on Sunday.
He said the emir died at the Expert Alliance Hospital, Kano, two days after returning from a medical trip to Mecca on August 22.
Mr Sule said the funeral prayer of the emir would be held at the Emir’s palace in Ningi by 4:00 pm.
The late Danyaya was installed in 1978 as a first-class traditional ruler in Bauchi State.
His reign witnessed rapid transformation of social and economic development of the emirate council.
Born in Ningi in 1936, the late Danyaya attended Ningi Elementary School between 1941 and 1946, and Bauchi Middle School between 1946 and 1951.
He was at the School of Hygiene, Kano in 1951, and attended Ahmadu Bello University Zaria for a one-year course in Public Administration between 1956 and 1957.
(NAN)
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