The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa State has lost its deputy chairman, Hon. Aliyu Yakubu Barde, to the cold hand of death. The demise of the party leader has thrown the state chapter of the APC into mourning.
Family sources confirmed the death of the APC chieftain, saying that Barde died in Lafia, the state capital, after a brief illness on Tuesday, September 16. The sources also disclosed that the remains of the APC chieftain would be laid to rest in his hometown at Wamba, in line with Islamic rites.
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Leadership reported that the APC secretary in the state, Chief Otaru Douglas, confirmed the departure of the party chieftain to journalists, stating that his death was a huge loss to the party and the state at large.
Before his emergence as the APC deputy chairman, Barde was the interim management committee (IMC) chairman of the Wamba local government area, during former Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura’s administration.
Source: Legit.ng