The Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, is dead.
Muhammed was confirmed dead around 4:30am on Friday at a hospital in Lokoja, Kogi State.
Spokesperson 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.”
Muhammed’s death is coming hours before the governorship elections billed for Saturday, 11 November.
It was gathered that the deceased 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 poll.
According to a family source, Muhammed was rushed to Shifa Hospital, Lokoja, shortly after he collapsed in the house at the late hours of Thursday.
The deceased, who is survived by his mother, wife and children, was from ward B in cantonment area of Lokoja.
