Emerging report on Sunday night, indicates that the Sokoto State Commissioner of Lands and Housing, Surajo Gatawa, is dead.
It was disclosed that he has however, since been buried at his former residence, on Sama Road, opposite Babban Tanki, Sokoto, according to Islamic rites.
The late Gatawa was among the 26 Commissioners the Governor of the State, Aminu Tambuwal, appointed in November 2018.
He had served as Commissioner of Science and Technology, before he was redeployed to the Ministry of Lands and Housing.
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