Engr. Idi Barde Gubana, Deputy Governor of Yobe State, is bereaved again as his 16-year-old daughter, Khadija Idi Barde (Siyama), who sustained injuries in an accident that killed her brother, has died in the hospital.
A vehicle that the deputy governor’s children were travelling in was involved an accident along Maiduguri-Kano highway on Saturday.
Daily Trust reports that Siyama, who sustained injuries in the accident, was rushed to a Kano hospital, where she was receiving treatment.
However, she died on Thursday morning.
Until her death, Siyama was SS II student of Essence International School, Damaturu, the state capital.
In a statement, the Press Secretary to Deputy Governor; Hussaini Mai Suleh, announced that her burial would hold at 4:00 pm on Thursday at Mai Fune Emir’s in Damagum.
Gubana’s deceased 7-year-old son was named after Governor Mai Mala Buni.
