Zuwaira Hassan, a former commissioner of health in Bauchi State has died in an auto crash.
According to her brother Garkwu Adamu, who broke the tragic news disclosed that has said the crash occurred on Monday morning at Zaranda village on her way to Bauchi from Jos, Plateau State.
Hassan, 46, until her death was the head of the department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
Mr Adamu told newsmen: “They were three driving in the vehicle when the incident happened. It is a really sad and tragic incident that you will just wake up with someone and the next moment, that same person is gone, it is really sad.”
Hassan who is survived by a husband and three children are expected to be buried later in the day at the Muslim burial ground along Gombe Road after funeral prayers at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Central Mosque.