A delegate of the All Progressives Congress to the ongoing presidential primary from Jigawa State, Alhaji Isa Baba Buji, has been confirmed dead.
It was gathered Buji died after he slumped at the Jigawa State Liaison office in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, on Tuesday.
Until his sudden death, Buji was the APC vice chairman in charge of Jigawa South west.
He reportedly slumped in the morning at the State Liaison Office at FCT, while getting ready to go to the venue of the convention.
Confirming the development, the Jigawa State APC Public Relations Officer, Bashir Kundu, told Daily Trust, “Of course, he died this morning”.
The public relations officer added that “he slumped at Jigawa state liaison office in Abuja and he was rushed to hospital and died before arriving the hospital. When we arrived the hospital, he was confirmed dead.”
According to Daily Trust, the deceased was conveyed to the hospital by the member of the House of Representatives representing Birnin Kudu/Buji Federal Constituency, Engr. Magaji Da’u Aliyu.
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