Kwankwaso Loses Immediate Younger Brother, Inuwa

Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano

The immediate younger brother to former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Inuwa Musa Kwankwaso, is dead.

In a statement issued by the Coordinator of Kwankwasiyya Media Centre, Mr. Sanusi Bature Tofa, and made available to THISDAY in Kano, it was learnt that he died at the age of 64 in the early hours of yesterday at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital after a protracted illness.

The deceased was a retired civil servant and an agricultural engineer trained in Ibadan and the United States, who worked with the Afforestation Project in Kano for many years.

Inuwa Kwankwaso is survived by his wife, two daughters, Nafisa Inuwa and Zainab Inuwa, and many relatives.

He was buried according to Islamic rites at his family home in Kwankwaso village, Madobi Local Government area of Kano State.