The death has occurred of the
pioneer National Chairman of Action Congress,
Alhaji Hassan Zurmi.
Zurmi died in a private hospital in Kaduna after
suffering from severe hypertension.
According to one of his friends, Malam Salisu
Maradun, the deceased died on Friday night
after his return from a journey.
Zurmi, 49, survived by one wife and five
children and had been buried in Gusau
according to Islamic rites.
Alhaji Mamuda Shinkafi, a former governor of
Zamfara, and other top politicians in the state
were among those present at his burial.
Zurmi was until three months ago when he
resigned to run for a higher political office, the
commissioner of Commerce and Industry under
Gov. Abdulaziz Yari. (NAN)
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