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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The chairman of opposition Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in Zamfara State, Dr. Ahmed Sani Kaura, is dead.
It was gathered that the chairman died shortly after attending a peace meeting organised by the Nigeria Council of Ulamah, Zamfara State chapter, on Wednesday.
The state secretary of the party, Faruku Ahmed Gusau, who disclosed the news in a statement, said the chairman was invited along with PDP stakeholders by the Council of Ulamah for a meeting on how to eschew political thuggery in the state.
He said Kaura suddenly developed sickness immediately after he delivered a speech at the occasion.
“He was immediately rushed to a nearby private hospital where he was confirmed dead by doctors,” Gusau added.
The Nigeria Council of Ulamah is organising a sensitisation meeting with all the political parties in the state on how to ensure peaceful conduct of the 2023 general elections.
Aged 62, the late chairman was survived by two wives and six children.