The death has occurred of the Emir of Funakaye, Mu’azu Muhammad Kwairanga in Funakaye local government area of Gombe state.
Aged 43 and survived by one wife and five children, the late Emir died on Saturday midnight shortly after retiring to bed, Funakaye Emirate Council reveals.
He is expected to be buried after Zuhr prayer by 2pm.
The Royal News correspondent reports that sympathisers had gathered at the Emir’s palace to pay last respect to the monarch.
The deceased’s last public appearance was on Saturday in Gombe, where he witnessed the distribution of food items to vulnerable groups by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami.
He was reported to have attended the opening ceremony of the newly constructed Kaltungo Central Mosque in Kaltungo local government area on Friday.
He also attended the commissioning of the phase I of the newly reconstructed Gombe-Yola Road in Kumo town of Akko local government area of the state.
He was said to have held a meeting with officials of Funakaye branch of the Jama’atul Izalatul Bidi’a Wa Ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) at the palace until Magrib prayer, which he observed in congregation at the palace Mosque.
“He later retired to his bed, but around 12am the sad news was relayed to us about the deceased of the emir,” a palace source stated.
Late Kwairanga was appointed as the third Emir of Funakaye on June 2, 2021, 13 days after the demise of his elder brother, Abubakar Muhammad Kwairanga.
Recall that the deceased’s elder brother died suddenly on May 20, 2021, few hours after complaining of illness.
Late Kwairanga, a descendant of late Modibbo Bubayero, the founder of Gombe Emirate, was born on April 20, 1979 to late Muhammad Kwairanga Abubakar, the first Emir of Funakaye.
By Royal News
