Chairman of Lokoja Local Government Council, Hon. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, has passed away.
Muhammed was taken to the hospital after he collapsed in his home late on Thursday.
At around 4:30 in the morning, a hospital in the state capital of Lokoja confirmed his death.
He was reported to have participated actively in a number of political gatherings leading up to this Saturday’s governorship polls in Kogi.
A family source said he was rushed to Shifa Hospital, Lokoja, after he slumped in the house at the late hours of Thursday.
“Doctors confirmed him clinically dead around 4.30am on Friday”, said an anonymous family member
He will be buried at the Unguwan Kura Muslim cemetery after the Juma’at prayer on Friday.