Former House Of Reps Member Mukhtar Adnan Is Dead

 

A former Nigerian lawmaker and member of the House of Representatives Mukhtar Adnan is dead.

 

The First Republic lawmaker died at the age of 95.

 

Naija News reports that until his death, Adnan was the District Head of Dambatta and the Sarkin Ban Kano.

 

In a post on its social media handle on Friday, Dambatta youth group announced that the monarch died in the early hours of today, December 3, 2021.

 

According to a family member who spoke with Daily Trust, the late lawmaker’s funeral prayer will hold later on Friday.

 

It was gathered that the late Adnan was appointed as the first Commissioner of Education in Kano state in 1968 and appointed as Sarkin Bai in 1954 to succeed his father.

 

Having served the Kano Emirate Council for 63 years in different capacities, the late monarch was instrumental in the selection of five Emirs of Kano.

 

Adnan was involved in the coronation of Emir of Kano Muhammadu Inuwa (1963), Emir of Kano Ado Bayero (1963-2014), Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II (2014-) and the current Kano state Emir Aminu Ado Bayero in 2020.

 

He was also the longest-serving member of the Emirate Council since its establishment in the 19th-century having served as District, Councilor, and Kingmaker.