Gombe’s first speaker dies at 75

The first Speaker of Gombe State House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammad-Kwadon, has died at the age of 75.
Alhaji Habu Abdu, a lawyer and son of the deceased, confirmed this to newsmen in Kwadon, Yamaltu-Deba Local Government area on Saturday.
He said the ex-speaker, who died on Saturday, had been buried according to Islamic rites.
He is survived by four wives, 30 children and many grandchildren.
He was a teacher, administrator at the Local Government Service Commission and manger at Ashaka Cement Company.
Mohammad-Kwadon later  joined politics and was elected the first speaker of the state in 1999.
The Emir of Deba, Alhaji Abubakar Waziri Mahdi (a retired Lt.-Col.) from the same local government area with the ex-speaker, also joined his ancestors on March 23.