Jalingo—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).
A source in the family told Channels Television his remains would be laid to rest according to Islamic rites later in the day.
