Late Tanko Nuhu to be buried today or tomorrow

.Suspected hypertensive drugs found in his room

Late Tanko Nuhu, the match commissioner for Sunday’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match between Kano Pillars and Ikorodu United may be buried today or tomorrow.

The Nasarawa State Football Association Secretary Adamu Yusuf disclosed this to SportingLife.

The Karu Local Government in Nasarawa State-born official was found dead in his hotel room yesterday in Kano.

Yusuf said the State FA chairman Mohammed Alkali and two member of his family Emmanuel Nuhu and Julius Nuhu traveled to Kano to bring his corpse back to Nasarawa State.

“We received the news of his death as a shock. Our chairman and his family are in Kano to bring his corpse back to Nasarawa State today. His family has said that they didn’t want to delay the burial. If his corpse arrives early today (Tuesday) he would be buried but if they come back late that means he would be buried on Wednesday. We are really sympathised with his family,” Yusuf told SportingLife.

It is understood that Hypertensive drugs were found in the hotel room of the late Tanko Nuhu.

Kano Pillars media officer, Idris Malikawa told SportingLife that Dr Sani Zakari of the Murtala Muhammad Hospital in Kano confirmed that Nuhu’s death is natural.

He said his corpse has been deposited at the Murtala Muhammad Hospital mortuary and waiting for his immediate family to come for his body.

“Nuhu’s lifeless body was found in his hotel room this morning (Monday) and the doctor has confirmed that he died a natural death, although suspected hypertensive drugs were found in his room,” Malikawa told SportingLife.

“He (Nuhu) was supposed to travel to Abuja this morning (Monday) alongside other match officials that handled the game on Sunday. They called his mobile phone but he did not picked it up and they contacted the hotel reception to get in touch with him and it was during the process that they discovered that something is happening when several attempt to reach him proved abortive.

“They called police and when they eventually forced their way in, his lifeless body was found in the room and suspected hypertensive drugs were found in his room. We have contacted Nasarawa FA and LMC over the incident. On behalf of Kano Pillars and people of Kano State we sympathized with his family.”