Fufore council chairman, Yahya Saidu, is dead

The Executive Chairman of Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Dr Yahya Saidu, is dead.

Saidu, who was sworn successful arsenic assembly president connected July 15, 2026, died successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, October 9.

He becomes the 2nd Fufore assembly president to dice successful bureau successful little than 2 years, pursuing the decease of Alhaji Shuaibu Babas connected April 23, 2025.

Saidu’s decease has travel arsenic a daze to the radical of Fufore, who regarded him arsenic a philanthropist and grassroots mobiliser with improvement promises helium had hardly 3 months to pursue.

Reacting to his death, the subordinate representing Fufore/Song Federal Constituency successful the National Assembly, Aliyu Boya Wakili, described Saidu arsenic a dedicated nationalist servant whose contributions would beryllium missed.

Burial arrangements were yet to beryllium announced by the household arsenic of the clip of filing this study soon earlier 8am on Saturday.

DAILY POST recalls that the decease of Babas successful April 2025 triggered contention implicit the succession process successful Fufore Local Government Area.

Babas’s deputy, Esther Audu, was not instantly sworn successful arsenic his successor pursuing his death.

Her delayed inauguration sparked protests, with residents questioning whether her sex oregon Christian religion had influenced the determination to withhold her swearing-in.

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