It was a sad day on Friday for Jigawa State, as two persons including the Deputy Speaker of Jigawa House of Assembly, Alhaji Inuwa Udi were killed in an auto crash.
Udi died along his driver in the crash at Zakirai in Gabasawa Local Government Area of Kano while returning to Dutse from Abuja on Thursday night.
The Spokesman of the Udi family, Alhaji Balarabe Mohammed said in Ringim that the orderly to the late deputy speaker survived the accident.
He said the late 47-year-old Udi and his driver died on the spot.
Udi, according to the family spokesman, left behind four wives,18 children and grandchildren.
He said the remains of the former legislator was buried on Friday in his home town, Ringim according to Islamic rites.
Thousands of people within and around the state attended the burial and paid condolences to the family at his residence in Ringim.
Prominent among the sympathisers were the Speaker of the Jigawa House of Assembly, Alhaji Ahmed Adamu and the Chief of Staff, Government House, Dutse, Alhaji Aminu Ringim, who represented Gov. Sule Lamido.
Others were commissioners, local government chairmen and lawmakers.