Why Another Confab Delegate, Dr Mohammed Jumare Dies in Abuja

Another delegate in the ongoing National Conference, Dr Mohammed Jumare, representing elder statesmen is dead. In a statement issued by Mr James Akpandem, the Assistant Secretary, Media and Communications, said Jumare died in the early hours of Monday in Abuja.

He said the elder statesman, who hailed from Kaduna State, had since been buried in Zaria.

“The National Conference sitting in Abuja was on Monday hit by another sad news of the death of a delegate, Dr Mohammed Abubakar Jumare, from Kaduna State. “Dr Jumare who came to the Conference as an Elder Statesman died in the early hours of Monday in Abuja and was buried later in the day in Zaria.

“The late Dr Jumare was born on August 20, 1943 in Kwarbai, Zaria City. “His burial was attended by the Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Ramalan Yero and the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris,” Akpandem said.