Tragedy befell the family of Yobe state deputy governor, Hon. Idi Barde Gubana, within the space of one week after his 7-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter, died in separate car accidents along the Maiduguri-Kano expressway.
A statement signed by his press secretary, Hussaini Mai Suleh, in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, on Thursday, said his daughter Khadija Idi Barde Gubana (Siyama) died in an auto crash along Maiduguri-Kano Road.
The deputy governor had announced the death of his seven-year-old son last week Saturday in similar circumstances on the same Kano-Maiduguri Road.
According to the statement, Khadija died as a result of injuries she sustained from the accident.
Suleh said the deceased has been buried according to Islamic rites at the palace of the Mai of Fune in Damagum town of Fune local government area of the State.
“She left behind her parents, brothers and sisters. May her soul rest in peace, may God Almighty give the family the courage to bear the fortitude especially the pillar of the family Hon Idi Barde Gubana,” he added.
