Yobe state governor Mai Mala Buni, amongs other top government functionaries in the state Wednesday attended the funeral prayers for late State Commissioner of Youths, Sports, Social and Community Development, Late Goni Bukar Lawan.
The funeral prayers led by Sheikh Hudu Muhammad Yusuf was conducted at Yobe Mosque and Islamic Center, Damaturu.
Buni and his deputy Alhaji Idi Barde Gubana, prayed for the repose of the soul of the deceased in Aljannatur Firdaus,and prayed to Almighty Allah to grant his family and the people of the state the fortitude to bear the lost.
Sympathisers within and outside the state who attended the funeral prayer described the death of Lawan as a huge loss to the state and for the country.
late Goni Bukar Lawan was said to have attended the funeral of his friend, the Director of Finance and Supply of the Upstream of the NNPC, Hassan Gambo, on Tuesday afternoon in Damaturu before embarking on an official trip to Kano where he was involved in the accident near Dambam, a community in Bauchi state.
Aged 58, Late Lawan left behind wives, children, grandchildren and an aged Mother Hajjia Hafsat Lawan.
He was a former Member, Yobe State House of Assembly, representing Bursari Constituency from 1999 to 2003, Commissioner for Land,Survey and Solid Minerals, member House of Representatives for Bursari, Geidam and Yunusari federal constituency and Commissioner for Youth, Sports, Social and Community Development .
