The first Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammad-Kwadon, is dead.
He died on Saturday at the age of 75.
Alhaji Habu Abdu, a son of the deceased, confirmed this to journalists in Kwadon, Yamaltu-Deba local government area of the state on Saturday.
He said the ex-speaker has been buried according to Islamic rites.
He is survived by four wives, 30 children and many grandchildren.
The deceased was a teacher, administrator at the Local Government Service Commission and manager at Ashaka Cement Company.
He later ventured into politics and was elected the first speaker of Gombe House of Assembly in 1999.
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