The first Speaker of Gombe House of Assembly, Alhaji Abdullahi Mohammad-Kwadon, has died at the age of 75.
Alhaji Habu Abdu, a Lawyer and son of the deceased, confirmed this to Newsmen in Kwadon, Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area, on Saturday.
He said the ex-Speaker, who died on Saturday, had been buried according to Islamic rites.
He is survived by four wives, 30 children, and many grandchildren.
He was a Teacher, an Administrator at the Local Government Service Commission, and Manger at Ashaka Cement Company.
Mohammad-Kwadon, later joined politics and was elected the first Speaker of the State in 1999.