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Kano gov commends Tinubu, Okpebholo for swift response to killings

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Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has expressed deep appreciation to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo for their swift intervention following the tragic killing of 16 Kano indigenes in Uromi, Edo State. In a statement issued by the Kano State Commissioner of Information and Internal Affairs, Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya,

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Kano gov commends Tinubu, Okpebholo for swift response to killings

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