The Emir of Rano Emirate Council in Kano State, Abubakar Tafida, is dead.
He died on Saturday in Kano after a brief illness.
He was said to have been admitted on Friday and died the next day.
Alhaji Kabiru Alasan, the Turakin Rano and member Rano Emirate Council, confirmed that the monarch died after a brief illness at the age of 74.
Alasan, who is also a member representing Rano-Kibiya-Bunkure Federal Constituency the late emir passed on while on admission at the Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Nasarawa.
He said that Tafida was earlier referred to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) on Friday, before he was moved to the Nasarawa Hospital.
Alasan added that deceased was survived by two wives and 17 children.
Tafida was installed Emir of Rano in 2019, sequel to the creation of five emirate councils by the Kano State House of Assembly.
The death of the emir came at a time the state has been recording increase in deaths.
The deaths are suspected to have resulted from coronavirus, but the state government blamed them on diabetes and hypertension among others.
The situation made President Muhammadu Buhari to impose a two-week of total lockdown in the state.
A probe was said to be ongoing on the possible cause(s) of the increase in deaths.
