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PDP’s FCT chairman dies in auto crash on election day

Supreme Desk
25 Feb 2023 5:52 PM IST
PDP’s FCT chairman dies in auto crash on election day
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A close aide of the deceased, Bawa Benjamin, said the accident happened around 2 a.m. along the Gudaba-Arena road on the outskirts of Kuje town.

Mr Sunday Zaka, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the FCT, lost his life in an automobile accident in the early hours of Saturday in Kuje.

A close aide of the deceased, Bawa Benjamin, said the accident happened around 2 a.m. along the Gudaba-Arena road on the outskirts of Kuje town.

He said the deceased was returning from a meeting of party officials in Abuja, and his Peugeot car lost control and crashed into a tree.

“He was rushed to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital at Gwagwalada, where he was confirmed dead by the doctors,” Benjamin said.

Reacting to the sad event, Mr Abdullahi Sabo, Chairman of Kuje Area Council, while also confirming Zaka’s death, described it as a great loss to the party.

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