Bauchi LGA chairman dies in auto crash after APM meeting

By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi
The Chairman of Zaki Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Masud Aliyu Umar, has died in a road accident while returning from an Allied Peoples Movement (APM) stakeholders’ meeting in Bauchi.
Umar reportedly died on Sunday night when his private car crashed at Konkiyal Village in Darazo Local Government Area, about 100 kilometres from Bauchi metropolis.
The late chairman was returning to Zaki after attending the political meeting when the accident occurred.
Before his election as Zaki LGA chairman on August 17, 2026, Umar served as Director-General of the Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA.
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