The chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, has been certified dead after he collapsed in his home late Thursday in the state capital of Lokoja.
Hon. Muhammed was taken to Shifa Hospital in Lokoja, after he slumped and the hospital staff confirmed his death around 4:00 AM Friday.
Muhammed was seen active in political activities in the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship polls in the state.
A family source said he will be buried at the Unguwan Kura Muslim cemetery after the Juma’at prayer on Friday.
The Public Relation Officer (PRO) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja, Talba Lakwaja, confirming the incident in a statement, said:
“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,” he said in a statement.
“The deceased was from Ward B in the cantonment area of Lokoja.”
