Lockdown: Presidency reacts on ‘video of thousands’ allegedly attending late Emir of Rano’s burial in Kano

The Presidency on Saturday, through the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has reacted to the video showing thousands of mourners at the burial of the late emir of Rano, Alhaji Tafida Abubakar Ila Auta Bawo in Kano state.















VAM reported earlier that the Emir, Tafida Abubakar Ila II died on Saturday at the Nasarawa Specialist Hospital after a brief illness.


According to reports, nobody can attest to it, if the monarch died of COVID-19 pandemic as at time of filing this report.













The emir was buried on Saturday, according to Islamic rites.


A video surfaced immediately after the burial, showing a crowd in attendance as they bade the monarch a final goodbye defying the lockdown and social distancing orders.













The President media Aide, Bashir Ahmad in a tweet on Saturday night, the Buhari aide wrote,
“The remains of late Emir of Rano buried inside his Palace approximately an hour ago, with less than 20 people attended the burial, but a fake video of thousands of people has been trending throughout the day, purported to be his burial, it was not, Rano Emirate official told me.”











Meanwhile, the state government is yet to react to the viral video.