Mysterious: 12 High-profile deaths in a Single day put Kano on edge (See List)

Inhabitants of Kano State were tossed into profound stun after another flood of mass passings yesterday killed various conspicuous characters. 

Early toward the beginning of the day of Saturday, memorial parks over the state were spilling with gatherings of deprived families, companions and family members who went to cover their dead, a circumstance that is quick turning into an every day schedule in the city, which has as of late been hit by a "peculiar affliction." 

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The state has seen a spike in passings from the ailment, which inhabitants compared to extreme intestinal sickness and typhoid.

On Tuesday, we detailed that more than 150 had been covered in three days at three graveyards in the state. However, the state government denied there was a mass demise and vowed to examine. 

Meetings with undertakers and funeral directors in the state have, in any case, kept on painting an upsetting picture about a progression of internments occurring at graveyards over the old city, with joined memorial service supplications being held "on account of the numbers."

Some of the characters that were covered yesterday saturday incorporate Prof Ibrahim Ayagi, Dr Musa Umar Gwarzo, Alhaji Dahiru Rabiu (former Grand Khadi), Musa Tijjani (Editor of Triumph Newspaper) and Adamu Isyaku Dal, who was a former Executive Secretary of the State Universal Basic Education Board.

Others are Alhaji Salisu Lado, Hajiya Shamsiyya Mustapha, Hajiyaj Nene Umma, Alhaji Garba Sarki Fagge, Dr Nasiru Maikano Bichi, Secretary Student Affairs, North West University, Prof Aliyu Umar Dikko of Physiology Department, Bayero University Kano, and Ado Gwanja’s mother, among others.


Albeit our correspondent on Sunday couldn't confirm the reason for death of all the expired people, inhabitants dread they probably won't be detached with the "obscure" disease that has been attacking the state. Adamu Balarabe, a nephew to the previous Grand Khadi, said his uncle was down with catarrh for just two days before he spent away on Saturday morning. 

He revealed to Our correspondent on Sunday that the Late senior sister, Hajiya Umma, and his niece, Shamsiyya Mustafa, likewise kicked the bucket yesterday and were totally covered at Dandolo graveyard in Kano city. "Shamsiyya kicked the bucket of bosom malignant growth, however Hajiya Umma became sick after the passing of her child a month back,'' he said. Inquired as to whether he had seen numerous internments at the memorial park, he stated, "We went for their entombment around 9.30am and the graveyard orderlies revealed to us that we were the 22nd gathering that sought entombment that morning." 

Our Correspondent on Sunday discovered that First Bank had requested the conclusion of its primary branch along Lagos Street in Kano for fumigation, following the passing of its zonal head. The bank, it was accumulated, took the choice on the grounds that the workplace of the late ranking director is situated in the structure. 

It additionally asked its staff who had interacted with him to self-separate. 

An occupant, Tijjani Abdullahi, who addressed our journalist, approached the state government to explore the expanding number of passings in the city so as to address the conceivable reason for the passings. 

"The state government has focused on the battle against coronavirus while individuals are biting the dust of different diseases peacefully. Some even associated that the individuals are kicking the bucket with coronavirus without being recognized." 

As indicated by him, the majority of the ongoing passings have been ascribed to hypertension, jungle fever, ulcer and even appetite, including that the deficiency of clinical specialists to take care of patients in medical clinics over the state has gotten troubling. 

A few people in the state have kept on communicating worry over the expansion in the quantity of passings since the state government forced an absolute lockdown on the state because of the rising instances of coronavirus. 

In the interim, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday denied that there was any abnormal demise in the state, saying, "There is nothing to show that there is strange recurrence of passings in Kano State." 

The Kano State Taskforce Committee on COVID-19 said the quantity of affirmed cases was 74 as of Saturday. 

The Coordinator of the taskforce council, Dr Tijjani Hussaini, told our journalist in Kano on Saturday.