A commissioner in the Zamfara Independent Electoral Commission, Alhaji Hashimu-Shehu Gazura, is dead.
He died in a ghastly accident on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Gazura was also a former member, Zamfara House of Assembly, who represented Gummi 2 Constituency.
His death is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the Chairman, House of Assembly Service Commission, Mansur Bungudu.
Bungudu said, “He died yesterday (Friday) as a result of a ghastly motor accident on Yawuri Road in Kebbi State.
“The deceased’s funeral prayer is scheduled to be held at Gummi Emir’s Palace on Saturday (today) by 11:00 a.m.”
NAN