Northerners rush to touch Emir of Rano’s Body, Tafida Abubakar Ila

Despite the alarming cases of COVID-19 and scores of death in Kano State, yet people still came out for the burial of Emir of Rano, Dr Tafida Abubakar who died earlier today at a hospital in Kano at the age of 74 over yet to be disclosed illness.

At the Burial of Emir of Rano earlier today. Oh well. pic.twitter.com/O4mLgqSShz

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They were even trying to touch the dead body.

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The crowd had drawn criticism from some Nigerians on the internet who wondered why the social distancing rule wasn’t being strictly applied at the burial.