FCT monarch slumps, dies in palace

The traditional ruler of Yaba in Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, is dead.

He was 62.

A member of the deceased family, Shuaibu Abdullahi, confirmed the monarch’s death

He said the late Etsu of Yaba chiefdom died while on his way to observe Magrib prayers, within his palace.

According to Abdullahi, the monarch slumped suddenly and his aides rushed him to Abaji General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

“Immediately he slumped, they moved him inside the car to the hospital. But unfortunately on arrival at the hospital, doctors confirmed him dead,” he said.

The body of the monarch has been taken from the hospital to Yaba, where he would be buried by 9am on Friday.