Rimi SHOT DEAD : former Kano State Governor attacked by gunmen at home

Second republic politician and former governor of Kano state Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi is dead. There is no confirmation of the exact cause of his death as at the time of filing this report. A source told us that Alhaji Rimi was attacked by gunmen in his house and shot but that he died of heart attack. We could not confirm that particular story from family sources.

In January 2006gunmen believed to be assasins killed his wife at his home. The case took a strange twist when his son was arrested and charged for killing his wife, he was later released before the police commenced trial.

In another Report :

The former civilian governor of Kano State, Abubakar Rimi is dead. Details about Mr. Rimi’s death are sketchy although we learned that he died after being shot by Armed Robbers. The circumstances of the attack on Mr. Rimi remain unclear although the incident is reported to have taken place in Kano. Mr. Rimi’s body was being taken to his house a few hours ago.

The late Rimi was born at Rimi village, Sumaila Local Government Area of Kano State, in 1940. He became the first civilian governor of Kano State in 1979 and was appointed Minister of Communication in 1983 after a term as governor. He was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party and though he defected to the Action Congress in the build up to the 2007 general elections, he returned to the PDP in December 2008 and remained with the party until his death..

In 2006, Mr Rimi’s wife Sa’adatu was found dead in their Kano home. She had been stabbed repeatedly.