Suleiman Aliyu Garga, an aide to Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State, has died just three days after complaining about a severe toothache.
Naijaonpoint reports that Garga, who served as the Special Assistant on Content Creation, had shared a message on Facebook on Thursday, July 17, warning others about the pain of toothache and calling for prayers.
Suleiman Aliyu Garga
“You should pray to God to save you from toothache even if it is for 1 minute Alaji. Allah is sufficient for us and He is the best disposer of affairs,” he wrote.
After his post, he was admitted to Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital for surgery related to the tooth issue.
However, complications arose when the surgery site began to bleed.
He passed away on Saturday, July 19, less than a day after the operation.
His burial took place the following morning, Sunday, July 20, at the Yolde Pate Muslim Cemetery in Yola.
The funeral was conducted according to Islamic rites after the Sallah Raka’at prayers at Modibbo Zailani Mosque in Yola Town.
In other news, the youngest daughter of Nigeria’s late former President, Muhammadu Buhari, Noor Buhari, has shared a deeply emotional tribute to her father, describing his passing as a moment of profound grief and spiritual reflection.
In a post on her Instagram story exactly one week after her father’s death, Noor begs Nigerians to continue to ‘pray for our Daddy’.
She expressed the weight of Buhari’s absence, stating that the days since his burial had been unusually quiet and emotionally heavy.