Alhaji Ashiru Sharif, a close aide to Dr Yusuf Maitama Sule, the Danmasani of Kano has debunked the rumour going round the state that the elderstatesman is dead.
Maitama Sule is not dead - Close aide says
Sharif advised those spreading the rumour to desist from doing so, stressing that it would create unnecessary impression in the minds of people.
Dr. Yusuf Maitama Sule
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Sharif dismissed the rumour while speaking with newsmen in Kano on Monday.
He described the rumour as ``baseless and unfounded’’ saying that the Danmasani was hale and hearty.
"The rumour of the death of Danmasani is not true because as I am talking to you now he is hale and hearty,” he said.
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"Following the rumour, we have been receiving phone calls from within and outside Kano to verify the story,” he said.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the residence of the elder statesman on Kwairanga road on Monday evening observed that there was no sign of an unusual happening in the house.
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