- Gentle passed away this morning at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, plunging colleagues, friends, and political associates, into a state of grief and sorrow.
Sadiq Gentle, an aide to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State, has died after he was brutally attacked by suspected hoodlums.
Gentle, who was a Senior Special Reporter to the Governor at the Kano State Ministry of History and Culture, died from injuries he sustained during the violent assault.
He was attacked in his home last Sunday by the thugs who inflicted deep machete wounds on him.
Gentle passed away this morning at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, plunging colleagues, friends, and political associates, into a state of grief and sorrow.
His death was confirmed by a close friend of the deceased, Mujtaba Muhammad Auwal, in an emotional interview.
“It’s true, he has passed away. His condition worsened yesterday, and another surgery was scheduled for today — but Allah did not will it,” Mujtaba said tearfully.
He added, “Some thugs broke into his house on Sunday night. They stabbed him and stole his phones,” he recounted amid sobs.
Earlier reports on Monday indicated that suspected phone snatchers stormed Sadiq’s residence at night, attacking him with a knife before fleeing with his belongings.
Incidents of fatal attacks during phone snatching have become rife in Kano, despite authorities’ efforts to curb the menace. Just this week, a student of Bayero University was also killed by phone snatchers in Dorayi, Gwale Local Government Area.
Authorities are yet to issue an official statement regarding the killing of Sadiq Gentle