Tears, Mourning as Top APC Chieftain Dies in Car Accident

• A top chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has died in a car accident along the Lau Road in Jalingo, Taraba state
• Honourable Abdullahi Kanti who was the governorship campaign director for the APC died on Tuesday, December 27
• The APC governorship candidate in the state, Emmanuel Bwacha, described Kanti's death as a personal loss for him

Honourable Abdullahi Kanti the governorship campaign coordinator for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Karim Lamido local government area of Taraba state is dead.

Tribune reports that Kanti died in a car accident on Tuesday, December 27, in a ghastly motor accident along Lau Road while driving to Jalingo, Taraba state.

A statement released by the Bwacha Gubernatorial Campaign Council (BGCC), on Wednesday, December 28, said Kanti's body has been evacuated and deposited at the Federal Medical Centre mortuary, Jalingo.

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The statement was signed by Aaron Artimas, the campaign publicity secretary for the LGA and released on Wednesday, December 28.

Also reacting to the news of Kanti's death, the APC governorship candidate in Taraba state, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha said this is a personal loss for him.

Bwacha said that he knows the deceased personally and both of them had become close after they were elected into the Taraba State House of Assembly in 1998.

He also stated that his campaign council would miss a diligent politician and notable man of peace, he prayed to God to grant him eternal rest.

The late Honourable Abdullahi Kanti would be buried on Saturday, December 31, 2022, by Christian rites.

Tears in North Central state as kidnappers kill 3 siblings, motorcyclist after collecting N60m ransom

Three siblings from the same father have been killed by some kidnappers operating in Taraba state.

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The kidnappers were said to have killed their victims and a motorcyclist after collecting a ransom of N60 million.

Sources within the state said the motorcyclist was handed the money by the three victims' father - a cattle dealer - to deliver to the kidnappers who ended up killing him.

Drunk cop kills two at Lagos birthday party

Legit.ng had earlier reported how two persons were sent to an early grave at a birthday party in Lagos as a drunken policeman's gun salute went wrong.

The policeman shot dead two persons at the venue of a party which was organised at La Silva Bar in Gowon Estate, Egbeda area of Lagos.

It was learnt that the policeman took to his heels on realising the enormity of what he had done.

Source: Legit.ng