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.
