The Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Idi Barde Gubana, has lost his seven-year-old son, Buni, and 16-year-old daughter, Khadija, following injuries sustained in an accident.
The son died on the spot in an accident on the Maiduguri-Kano Highway on Saturday, while Khadija died on Thursday.
The death of Khadija, an SS II student of Essence International School, Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, was confirmed in a statement by the Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor; Hussaini Mai Suleh, on Thursday.
According to the statement, she would be burieYobed on Thursday by 4pm in Damagum