APC Jigawa delegate slumps, dies in Abuja

APC Jigawa delegate slumps, dies in Abuja

Alhaji Isa Baba Buji, one of the delegates of Jigawa State at the ongoing special convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is dead.

According Daily Trust Buji died at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday.

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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.”

It was gathered that 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.