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The District Head of Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, Alhaji Muhammadu Lawal-Areda, has died on Friday at the age of 103.
A family source confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kankara.
The source said he had been buried according to Islamic rites in Kankara after the Juma’at prayers.
The funeral was attended by the Emirs of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmunin Kabir, and Daura, Alhaji Umar Faruk, among many other traditional rulers.
He was survived by three wives, 34 children, and several grand- and great grand-children.
Lawal-Areda was turbaned on February 2, 1972.
The deceased was also the holder of the traditional title of Sarkin Pawan Katsina (Katsina State chief of butchers). (NAN)
Source: Punch News
