Gwamnan Jihar Katsina, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, ya bayyana alhini da kaɗuwa mai zurfi sakamakon rasuwar tsohon Sanatan Katsina ta Kudu, Sanata Bello Mandiya, wanda ya rasu a ranar Litinin, 7 ga Satumba, 2026, yana ɗan shekara 62.
Mandiya, wanda ya wakilci Shiyyar Katsina ta Kudu a Majalisar Dattijai ta 9 tsakanin shekarar 2019 zuwa 2023, gwamnan ya bayyana shi a matsayin mai hidimta wa al'umma cikin ƙwazo, wanda rasuwarsa babbar asara ce ga jihar da ma ƙasa baki ɗaya.
A cikin wata sanarwa a hukumance da Babban Sakataren Yaɗa Labaransa, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed ya fitar, Gwamna Radda ya jinjina wa gudunmawar da tsohon ɗan majalisar ya bayar wajen gudanar da mulki da ci gaba a matakin jiha da na tarayya.
"Na samu labarin rasuwar Sanata Bello Mandiya cikin alhini da kaɗuwa mai zurfi. Rasuwarsa babbar asara ce ga Jihar Katsina da kuma Najeriya," in ji Gwamna Radda. "Sanata Mandiya ya sadakar da wani ɓangare na rayuwarsa ga hidimta wa al'umma tare da yin aiki cikin ƙwazo. Za a ci gaba da tunawa da gudunmawar da ya bayar."
Kafin zaɓensa zuwa Majalisar Ƙasa, Mandiya ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Ma'aikatan Fadar Gwamna ga tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Katsina, Aminu Bello Masari.
Gwamna Radda ya bayyana cewa gogewar Mandiya da jagorancinsa a fannoni daban-daban za su ci gaba da kasancewa muhimmin ɓangare na tarihi da irin gudunmawar da ya bari.
Gwamnan ya miƙa ta'aziyyarsa ga iyalan marigayin, tsohon Gwamna Masari, mutanen Katsina ta Kudu, abokan aikinsa na siyasa, da tsoffin abokan aikinsa a Majalisar Dattijai ta 9.
Gwamna Radda ya yi addu'ar samun rahama ga ruhin tsohon sanatan, yana mai roƙon Allah Maɗaukakin Sarki ya gafaranta masa kuskurensa, ya ba shi Aljannatul Firdaus, kuma ya ba iyalansa ƙarfin jure wannan rashin mai raɗaɗi.