Yobe State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Alhaji Goni Lawal, is dead.
Spokesperson of the ministry, Alhaji Tijjani Ciroma, confirmed the death in Damaturu.
He said Lawal, 57, died in a car accident on Potiskum to Azare Road about 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Ciroma said the deceased was on his way to Kano to board a flight to Abuja for an official function.
The spokesperson said funeral prayers for the deceased would hold by 11 a.m. at Yobe Islamic Centre, Damaturu.
Lawal was appointed as a commissioner in 2019.
He was a member of House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015.
Lawal is survived by two wives and many children.
