‘How Katsina High Court Judge, Bako died’

From Lawal Sa’idu Funtua, Katsina

A Katsina state High Court Judge, Justice Ibrahim Maikaita Bako, yesterday morning died in an Abuja hospital following injuries he sustained in a car accident he was involved in last week.
The judge was involved in a car crash along Katsina – Kankara road in Katsina State on January 4.
It was gathered by our correspondent that the critically injured Justice Bako was flown to Abuja for medical attention where he passed on in the early hours of Sunday at Cedar Crest Hospital, Abuja.
Confirming the death, the Chief Judge of the Katsina State, Justice Musa Danladi said “the late Bako died around 6am this morning at Cedar Crest, Abuja following an accident last Friday; he suffered serious spinal and neck injuries.”
He added: “he had been in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) were doctors tried to stabilise him for eventual medical treatment abroad”.
“It has also being resolved to hold his funeral prayers and bury him in Abuja after Zuhr prayers on Sunday.It is a critical; it is a loss.”