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THE Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mohammed Usman Zuru, is dead. He died at a hospital in Cairo, Egypt on Monday.
The news of Zuru’s demise was made known by his aide, Murtala Diri.
The late Speaker represented Zuru Constituency in the Kebbi State House of Assembly and served as Speaker of the 10th Assembly.
The late Speaker was a prominent political figure from the Zuru Emirate, and his death is considered a major loss to his constituents, the state legislature, the political class, and Kebbi State as a whole.
The statement added that until his death, Mohammed Usman Zuru was regarded as one of the leading voices in the state’s legislative arm, where he played a key role in lawmaking and governance.