Newly Appointed Jos LG Chairman Dies Two Days After Swearing-In

Dr. Hosea Azi, the newly sworn-in Chairman of Jos-East Local Government, Plateau State, is dead.
Azi who was sworn in on Friday, 11th December, was involved in a fatal motor accident on Sunday, 13thDecember at Garaku, Nasarawa State. Plateau State Governor, Simon Dalong, in a press statement described the Chairman elect’s death as “very shocking”.

According to the statement, Dr. Hosea was involved in an accident on his way to Abuja, when the vehicle he was travelling in, rammed into a stationary truck resulting in his death and that of two others.

Describing Azi as an astute politician and an academic of repute, who was appointed into government to provide the needed people-oriented leadership having garnered experience as a member of the Plateau House of Assembly, the statement however, laid to rest, speculations that the late Chairman died while being whisked away by kidnappers.

The late Dr. Hosea Azi was according to reports, sworn-in to replace Mr SandaDaura, who was removed from office, “in response to the yearnings of the People of Jos East”.

Source: The Guardian