Kano Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa loses his son to the cold hands of death.
The 15-year-old Sadiq Modibbo Bature died after the surgery he had in India. He suffered from sickle cell anaemia right from child birth.
Reports had it that he died from post-surgery complications.
Bature posted, “This morning, I lost my first child Sadiq (Modibbo) Bature at age of 15. He lived as a good, brilliant and obedient child.
“Throughout his life, Modibbo has suffered from sickle cell anaemia which he undergone a successful bone marrow transplant this month in an Indian hospital. Unfortunately, he died as a result of a post-surgery complications in his brain.
“The body of our beloved Saddiku would be brought back home in few days for burial in according with Islamic rites in my home town, Dawakin-Tofa. Date and time would be annouced on arrival of his remains.”