Kano Commissioner loses daughter, two others to fire incident

A Kano State Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Kofar-Mata, on Wednesday, lost three of his family to a fire outbreak which gutted his residence at Kofar-Mata quarters in the city.

The incident occured early Wednesday while members of the family were asleep.

However, the Commissioner was said to have narrowly escaped the disaster but lost his daughter, Maimuna, his elder sister Khadija and one Juwairiyya; also a close relative to the incident.

It was gathered that several valuables were destroyed in the unfortunate disaster, but no official report is available to ascertain yet.

However, the spokesperson of the state fire service, Abdullahi Saminu, when contacted, confirmed the incident.

Confirming the incident in a telephone conversation, Saminu said the level of damage and cause of the inferno could not be ascertained immediately.

In a short notice posted on his verified social media handle, the Commissioner expressed deep grief, saying ” Unto Allah, we came and to him we shall return.”

He said, “I mourn the loss of my daughter Maimuna (Islam), my senior sister Hajiya Khadija and my brother’s wife, Juwairiyya, who were all perished in the fire accident this morning. 

“Their funeral prayers had been conducted at 11am at Kofar-Mata quarters, Kano City today”.

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