The Emir of Ngelzarma in Fune Local Government of Yobe State, Alhaji
Mahammadu Mai Yeri Ibn Isa II is dead.
The First Class Emir was reported to have died in a ghastly car crash
in Gerei in Adamawa State.
The Secretary of the Emirate Council Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Mai Yeri who
confirmed the death to newsmen in Damaturu informed that Royal Father
died in an auto crash which occurred around 2:00pm on Monday
afternoon.
Aged 49, the royal father was survived by two wives and thirteen children.
it could be recalled that his father whom he succeeded also died in an
auto crash along Damaturu/Maiduguri highway.
A palace source revealed that the late emir would be buried on Tuesday
at his home town in Ngelzarma.
