Yobe State House of Assembly’s Deputy Speaker, Dr. Garba Ibrahim Kurmi has passed away. He died on Monday, following a protracted illness.
The lawmaker died at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital Damaturu, according sources close to his family.
Until his death, the late Deputy Speaker was a member of the State Assembly representing Fika I (Fika/Ngalda) on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) and the chairman security, petition and legislative compliance committee of the house, as well as member of various standing committees.
He was first elected into the Assembly in 2011.
In 2018, the late lawmaker could not secure his party’s ticket for the 2019 general election, following a loss in his party’s primary election to Alhaji Yakubu Suleiman Malori.
A Medical Doctor by profession, the deceased was survived by 2 wives and 8 children.
His remains will be committed to mother earth Tuesday, February 19, 2019, in Damaturu, according to Islamic rites.