Matthew Akawu, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, House of Assembly candidate for Pengana State Constituency, has died.
It was not readily confirmed the cause of his death but the leadership of the Party in the State has confirmed it and offered condolences.
Chris Hassan, the state chairman of the Party, expressed shock over the demise, and in a statement on January 6, 2023, by his Personal Assistant on Media and Protocol, Kefas Sumdi, also described the deceased as “a very loyal Party man.”
The statement reads, “The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Plateau State Chapter, Hon. Chris Hassan has expressed shock over the sudden demise of a PDP Candidate for the House of Assembly representing the Pengana State constituency, Hon. Matthew Akawu.
“The State Chairman described the death of the late Akawu as sudden and tragic. Akawu was very patriotic, a loyal and resourceful Party man, who made immense contributions towards the stability, growth, and success of the Party in Pengana, Bassa, and the State at large.
“Akawu’s death is a big blow to the PDP, especially at this time his experience, commitment, and sense of humility are needed to steer the Party to victory in his constituency, Bassa, and to rescue Plateau from the misrule of the All Progressives Congress.
“The Chairman commiserates with the Akawu’s family, friends, associates of the deceased, his supporters, the PDP family in Pengana, Bassa, and the State Chapter.”
Sokoto: Terrorists Invade Asare Community, Kill PDP Ward Chairman
Gunmen invaded Asare Community in Gwadabawa local Government area Sokoto State and slaughtered PDP Asare Ward chairman and shot dead his elder brother few hours after returning from a gubernatorial campaign rally on Saturday, December 31, 2022.
The deceased, Alhaji Iliyasu Agajiba is a strong pillar of the People’s Democratic party. PDP, in Gwadabawa local Government area, whose contributions to the development of the party in the state cannot be quantified, according to sources.
The killings of the ward chairman is perceived by many as politically motivated as the incident happen few hours after the launching of the party’s state gubernatorial campaign rally in the area.
Another thing that brought the attention of many sympathizers that troops to his compound for condolences is the nature and method used in snuffing out life of the disease. The unknown killers used knife to slaughter the disease and later shot on site his elder brother attempting to rescue him.
Gwadabawa Local Government Area is one of the key local government areas where banditry takes place unabated without resistance.
Another version of the story on the killings of the party chairman and his elder brother Is that, the killers stormed the village in a convoy of about 16 motorcycles conducting a house-to-house search for livestock and any available animal.
It’s in the process, they arrived house of the PDP ward chairman and his elder brother, where they killed the two at gunpoint.
Confirming the incident, the public relations officer of the Sokoto State Police Command DSP Sanusi Abubakar, could not be reached as he could neither picked calls nor respond to text messages sent to him.
Source: Vanguard
