Borno loses centenarian elder statesman

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BY YUNUSA BUNU, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 | 12:57 PM


The dead has occurred of Qadi Kaka Shehu Imam, a retired judge and elder statesman of Borno state.

The deceased died on Monday at the age of over 110.

According to family members, his funeral prayers would be performed at 5:00 pm today in Maiduguri.

He is the father to Shettima Imam, a retired general manager at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL and Mamman Imam, gubernatorial contestant of Borno state.

Family members, friends and associates of the family have since been their tributes and last respects to for qadi (judge).

He is from the prestigious Limanti family and until his death one of the oldest members of the family.


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