Deposed Abubakar Atiku dies in Egypt of undisclosed illness
Abubakar Atiku, the deposed Emir of Zurmi in Zamfara State has died in Egypt after battling an undisclosed illness. A source at Emir Zurmi’s palace, who asked not to be identified, said the Emirate Council is fully involved in arranging for the body to be brought back to Nigeria for burial. Atiku, the uncle of the current emir, died on Friday in an Egyptian hospital. The source said: “He had been ill for a few weeks before his immediate family took him to Egypt. We were informed immediately when he died”. When asked why the body still hadn’t been returned as…
