The Zonal Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi East, Suleman Omika, is dead. He died on Friday without any sign of sickness.
News of his sudden demise filtered in on Friday night, leaving his political associates, friends, family members, and well-wishers in shock.
The state chairman, Abdullahi Bello, confirmed his death to our correspondent on the telephone and said that the Deputy Governor, Joel Oyibo, informed him.
“Yes, it’s confirmed, the deputy governor called to inform and commiserate with me as I am currently in Lagos to commiserate with the Lagos State APC Chairman, who lost his wife,” he said.
When contacted, a family member told our correspondent that “he was just resting in his compound in Lokoja when he started calling for help as he was loosing strength, he died instantly.”
