A previous Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, Habib Jega, has passed on in a car crash.
Close family sources say the mishap happened along Birnin Kebbi-Kangiwa street at around 5:21 p.m. on Friday.
The previous speaker is additionally the Special Adviser on Local Government to the present Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abubakar Dakingari, while confirmed the demise on telephone said , “We are currently attending his burial according to Islamic right in Jega.”
Late Mr. Jega was impeached in 2015 amid the build up to the 2015 general decision as bits of gossip rose he would join the then opposition All Progressives Congress, APC.