Governor, Speaker Mourn As Bauchi LG Chairman Dies In Road Crash

The executive chairman of Zaki local government area of Bauchi State, Mallam Mas’ud Aliyu Umar, has died in a road accident while returning from a political meeting in Bauchi, barely three months after his election.
The accident occurred on Sunday evening at Konkiyal village in Darazo local government area.
The deceased was returning to Zaki council after attending a critical stakeholders’ meeting of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), convened by the party earlier on Sunday in Bauchi, when the unfortunate incident occurred.
LEADERSHIP recalls that Umar was elected chairman of Zaki council on August 17, 2026, alongside the chairmen of other 19 local government areas in the state.
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