Mohammed Bello Sifawa, Secretary to the Sokoto State Government is mourning the death of his Daughter and Three Grandchildren following a fire incident that occurred in their home early Monday morning.

 

The late Sifawa’s daughter was the housewife to the Permanent secretary of the State Ministry of Sports and Youths Development Alhaji Muhammadu Yusuf Bello.

 

The inferno occured in the wee hours of the night which engulfed the entire house while the family were sleeping, in which only her husband survived.

 

As at the filing in of this report, the cause of the fire is still under investigation as men of the Sokoto State Fire Service battled for hours before they brought the fire down.

 

The remains of the deceased housewife and her late children will be interred at Sheikh Shehu Usmanu Danfodiyo Mosque Sifawa today at the family home of the SSG who is a father to the Deceased housewife.

 

Idris Mohammed Gobir, Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Members of the state Executive Council, APC stalwarts, friends and well-wishers have been trooping to Sifawa’s to commiserate with him over his loss and for the burial rites.