Yobe State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon. Goni Bukar has died in a fatal road accident along Damaturu-Kano road.

Popularly known as Bugon, the deceased, according to impeccable sources, died on Tuesday night while on his way to Kano State.

The late Commissioner had earlier attended a funeral prayer of one of his associates in the afternoon in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, before departing for Kano.

Late Goni Bukar was a former member of the House of Representatives representing Bursari/Geidam/Yunusari Federal Constituency of Yobe State.

The funeral prayer for the deceased Sports Commissioner is scheduled to be held on Wednesday by 11:30am at Yobe Mosque and Islamic Centre, Damaturu.