Taraba Rep-Elect, Maihanchi dies after ‘brief illness’

The House of Representatives member-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency in Taraba State, Isma’ila Maihanchi, is dead. 

Maihanchi died in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness. 

He won the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 

According to Channels Television, a source in the family hinted that his remains would be laid to rest according to Islamic rites later in the day.