Jalingo/Yorro/ Zing federal constituency of Taraba State
House of Representatives member-elect, Hon. Isma’ila Yusha’u Maihanchi, is dead.
The PDP stalwart died at the National Hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Saturday after a brief illness.
Before his election, he served as a Special Adviser to Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku. He had also served as the Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State.
Taraba State Governor-elect, Dr Agbu Kefas, has described the death of Hon. Ismaila Maihanchi as a great loss to the State and county in general.
Meanwhile, the Taraba State chapter of the PDP has commiserated with the people of Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency over the demise of their member-elect, saying it received the news with rude shock
The PDP noted that the deceased party chieftain “immensely impacted positively to the growth of the party in the state.”
