Percy Onyeka
Kogi State’s Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, is dead.
He was confirmed dead around 4:30am at a hospital in Lokoja, the state capital.
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Muhammed was rushed to the hospital after he slumped at his residence.
He was said to have been active at 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 at the late hours of Thursday.
“Doctors confirmed him clinically dead around 4.30am on Friday”, said a family member who craved for anonymity.
The deceased was from ward B in cantonment area of Lokoja.
He will be buried at the Unguwan Kura Muslim cemetery after 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 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 Dasebe 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.
Techrectory with Agency Report.
