APC chieftain dies less than 1 month after leaving office

Professor Abdullahi Shinkafi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former secretary to the government of Zamfara state, is dead.

According to AIT, the sad development was announced by Ahmed Shinkafi, on behalf of the family of the late APC stalwart.

He said: “Verily, We belong to Allah, and truly to him shall we return. This is to announce the death of Prof Abdullahi Muhammad Shinkafi in Abuja”.

The young Shinkafi further disclosed that the Funeral prayer of the deceased will be carried out at the Central Mosque in Abuja by 4pm on Sunday, June 25.

Shinkafi was a prominent chieftain of the APC from Zamfara State who served under the immediate past governor Bello Matawalle.

The death of Shinkafi came amid the ongoing probe of the government he served before his party and employer were stopped from returning to power in the March 18 governorship election in the state.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)'s Dauda Lawal, who took over the affairs of the state after the election, has been at loggerheads with Shinkafi's employer, Matawalle.

Lawal has accused Matawalle of mismanaging the state's resources and has promised to retrieve the alleged stolen funds and properties from the immediate past governor.

Matawalle's home was recently served by police without warrants and some vehicles were allegedly retrieved.

However, a court ordered the police to return the vehicles to the former governor and the security agency had complied.