Alhaji Mu’azu Muhammad Kwairanga, the Emir of Funakaye in Gombe State, has passed on.
The traditional leader reportedly passed away at the age of 43, though the exact reason for his passing has not yet been made public.
On Friday night, Kwairanga reportedly went back to his bed, only to be discovered dead the following morning.
Sources at the Funakaye Emirate Council who confided in the Daily Trust said Kwairanga’s last public function was on Saturday in Gombe where he attended the flag-off of the distribution of food items to vulnerable groups by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami.
The deceased according to the sources was at the opening ceremony of the newly constructed Kaltungo Central Mosque in Kaltungo LGA of the state last Friday.
It was learnt that Kwairanga also attended the commissioning of phase I of the newly reconstructed Gombe-Yola Road in Kumo town of Akko LGA of the state.
He also reportedly held a meeting with officials of the Funakaye branch of the Jama’atul Izalatul Bidi’a Wa Ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) at the palace until Magrib prayer, which he observed in congregation at the palace Mosque.
“He later retired to his bed, but around midnight the sad news was relayed to us about the deceased of the emir,” one of the sources from the Emirate confirmed.
Late Mu’azu Kwairanga Mu’azu was appointed as the third Emir of Funakaye on June 2, 2021, 13 days after the demise of his elder brother, the late Abubakar Muhammad Kwairanga.
Kwairanga’s demise was coming a year after his elder brother had died.
Kwairanga was buried today. He is survived by one wife and five children.
