Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria version of secret police, in Kano state, Nigeria, Abdullahi Charanchi, is dead. He was aged 56.
The Kano state commissioner of police, Rabiu Yusuf, who confirmed the death of Abdullahi today, Saturday, said: “it is confirmed that the state DSS Director is dead. We are now on our way to his home town, Charanci, Katsina state.
“He was rushed to the hospital on Friday night but died in the early hours of today (Saturday),” he said
The deceased was admitted at Aminu Kano teaching hospital, Kano, after complaining of stomach ache.
Abdullahi Charanci died at the age of 56, leaving behind a wife and many children. [myad]
