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 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 Governor Abdulaziz Yari.















via nigerianeye



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