Pioneer chairman of Action Congress dies

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, had been buried in Gusau according to Islamic rites.

Alhaji Mamuda Shinkafi, a former governor of Zamfara State, 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 in the administration of Governor Abdulaziz Yari.