Barely 24 hours to the off-season election in Kogi, the Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, is dead.
The Informant247 gathered that Muhammed was said to have slumped at his residence and was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead around 4:30 am at a hospital in Lokoja, the state capital.
He was said to have been active at a series of political meetings in preparation for Saturday’s governorship election.
A family source said he was rushed to Shifa Hospital, Lokoja, shortly after he collapsed in the house in the late hours of Thursday.
“Doctors confirmed him clinically dead around 4.30 am on Friday”, said a family member who craved anonymity.
The deceased was from ward B in the cantonment area of Lokoja and will be buried at the Unguwan Kura Muslim cemetery after the Juma’at prayer on Friday.
Sympathisers were reportedly seen trooping into his family house on Friday morning at cantonment areas of Lokoja to condole the family over his sudden demise.
He is survived by his mother, wife and children.
The Public Relations 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 Dasebe Mohammed, will be buried at Anguwan Kura burial ground at 2 pm immediately after jummat prayer. The body will depart his family house at cantonment to Lokoja Central Mosque by 1:30 pm,” he said in a statement.
