El-Kanemi passed away on Monday in Maiduguri and was buried on Tuesday within the premises of his palace in Bama town but state government officials had refused to disclose the real cause of his death.
Palace source revealed to SaharaReporters on Thursday that the first class monarch and one Wakil Bukar, lawmaker representing Nganzai constituency, died of Coronavirus shortly after being admitted to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
“The people of Bama are angry that the government did not publicly announce the cause of the death of Shehu, so that those who had contact with him could go on self-isolation.
“He received a lot of guests after the death of Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is an indigene of Bama and a close friend of his.
“Presently, over hundred persons are quarantined at the Shehu's palace but what about those who were just visitors and had since returned to their various destinations.
“Also those who washed his body after he died have also be quarantined.
El-Kanemi was buried on Tuesday within the premises of his palace
“That was why no government official attended his burial. Governor Babagana Zulum and his deputy, Umar Kadafur, did not show up, even the other two first class emirs.
“When his body was brought to Bama from Maiduguri, it was amidst tight security and people were prevented from attending his burial.
“While he was being buried, the National Orientation Agency had to use vehicles to mount roadblocks in order to stop people from attending his burial.”
