JUST-IN: Taraba Reps Member-elect, Maihanchi, Dies In Abuja 

The House of Representatives member-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/ Zing federal constituency of Taraba State, Hon. Isma’ila Yusha’u Maihanchi, is dead.

Maihanchi died at the National Hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness.

Before his election, he served as a Special Adviser to Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku. He had also served as the Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State.

Meanwhile, the Governor-elect of Taraba State, Dr Agbu Kefas, has described the death of Hon. Ismaila Maihanchi as a great loss to the State and county in general.

Also, the Taraba State chapter of the PDP has commiserated with the people of Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency over the demise of their member-elect, saying it received the news with rude shock

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The PDP noted that the deceased party chieftain “immensely impacted positively to the growth of the party in the state.”

The State’s working committee of the party in a statement issued by Andeta’rang Irammae, the party’s publicity secretary, therefore, condoled with his immediate and extended family members, his constituents and the entire people of Taraba State over his demise.