The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Asha, is dead. He was believed to have died of complications from coronavirus.
The Zamfara State Publicity Secretary for the Control and Prevention of COVID-19, Alhaji Mustafa Jafaru Kaura, said today, May 3, that the deceased had been in isolation at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau for three days.
He said that though his blood sample had been sent to Abuja, he died while the result was still being expected.