Kaduna State Government has declared three days mourning for  late Emir of Zazzau, Mr Shehu Idris.

Special Adviser to Governor Nasir el-Rufai on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye, announced this in a statement on Monday.

Adekeye said public offices would open on September 21 and September 22 but “there will be a public holiday on September 23 to honour his memory’’.

The statement was titled, “Kaduna declares three days mourning for late Emir of Zazzau”.

It read, “Kaduna State Government has declared three days of mourning for the late Emir of Zazzau, Shehu Idris. Public offices will open as normal on 21 and 22 September 2020.

“There will be a public holiday on 23 September to honour his memory.

“Flags will fly at half-mast during the mourning period.”

The emir died at the 44 Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna on Sunday at the age of 84.

Idris was the 18th Emir of Zazzau, Chairman of Zazzau Emirate Council as well as Kaduna State Emirate Council.

Idris was coronated Emir on February 15, 1975, and has ruled Zazzau emirate for 45 years, before his death.

Remains of the monarch have been laid to rest at his palace in Zaria.

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