APC chairman dies in FCT

The Abaji area council chapter chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alhaji Mohammed Haruna Yaba, has died.

A family member of the deceased, Yakubu Saidu, said the late APC chairman died at the age of 52 years.

He said the deceased, who had been battling with an undisclosed ailments died in the early hours of Sunday, at the University of Abuja teaching hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja.

According to him, the deceased was admitted at Rhema clinic in Kwali, until on Saturday, when the deceased was referred to the university of Abuja teaching hospital, where he gave up.

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“Actually, the late APC chairman, Alhaji Haruna Yaba, had been for some weeks ago, before he later referred to specialist hospital in Gwagwalada, where he died on Sunday around 5:am, he said.

City & crime report that the remains of the deceased has been buried at his Yaba town, which had some APC chieftains, supporters and house of representatives candidate for Abuja south, Alhaji Abdulrahman Ajiya in attendance.