BREAKING: Kogi council chairman dies hours to Gov poll

Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council of Kogi State, Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, has died hours to the commencement of voting in the state.

 

According to family sources, Muhammed was taken to hospital after he collapsed in his home late on Thursday.

 

At around 4:30 in the morning, a hospital in the state capital of Lokoja confirmed his death.

 

 

He was reported to have participated actively in a number of political gatherings leading up to the Saturday’s governorship polls in Kogi.

 

The family source said he was rushed to Shifa Hospital, Lokoja, after he slumped in the house at the late hours of Thursday.

 

 

“Doctors confirmed him clinically dead around 4.30am on Friday”, said an anonymous family member

 

 

He will be buried at the Unguwan Kura Muslim cemetery after the Juma’at prayer on Friday.

 

The Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja, Talba Lakwaja, confirmed the incident in a statement.

 

“This is to notify the general public that the remains of the Lokoja Local Government Council Chairman, Hon. Mohammed Danasebe Mohammed, will be buried at Anguwan Kura burial ground 2pm immediately after jummat prayer. The body will depart his family house at cantonment to Lokoja Central Mosque by 1:30pm,” he said in a statement.

 

 

The deceased was from Ward B in the cantonment area of Lokoja.