Politics
Breaking: Former Gombe Senator, Kumo Is Dead
Senator Saidu Umar Kumo passed away early Sunday, BBC Hausa service has reported.
The former senator, aged 71, who represented the Gombe Central constituency is said to have died at the National Hospital, Abuja.
Before his death, Kumo was the Gombe Shield.
He retained the campaign chairman of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in the North East Zone in the 2019 presidential election.
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However, Senator Kumo defected to the ruling APC in January 2019 ahead of Muhammadu Buhari’s election victory in February.
He was elected to the Senate from 1999 to 2003 before running for governor of Gombe in 2011, losing to Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo.
Sources said is funeral will be held at the National Mosque in Abuja at 2:00 p.m.
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