Nigeria, April 7 -- The Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Muhammad Zuru, is dead.

Mr Zuru, popularly known as Lifiddan Zuru, reportedly died on Monday evening in Cairo, Egypt, where he had been receiving medical treatment.

The development was disclosed in a press statement issued by Murtala Diri, an official of the Kebbi State House of Assembly.

Mr Diri shared the statement on his official Facebook page, where he signed it on behalf of the Assembly.

"The death of the Speaker is a significant loss to his constituents, the legislative body, and the state in general," the statement noted.

Until his death, Mr Zuru represented the Zuru Constituency and served as Speaker of the 10th Kebbi State Assembly, where he was regarded a...