Emir of Rano dies hours after he was rushed to a hospital in Kano

The Emir of Rano, Tafida Abubakar Illa, is dead. He was aged 75. The secretary, Rano Emirate council, Sank Haruna, told PREMIUM TIMES that he received the news about the emir’s death few minutes to 5 p.m. “I’m now on my way to the hospital, the emir is dead,” he said. The late emir was on Friday admitted at Mallam Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital for an undisclosed ailment He was later referred to the Nasarawa Specialist Hospital for further medical attention, where he died on Saturday. The Rano Emirate is one of the four newly created emirates by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje