Adamawa Govt Declares 3 Days Mourning For Late Chief Of staff

The Governor of Adamawa state, Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow has declared a three days of mourning in the State starting from Monday, the 18th of June, 2018, to pray for the repose of the soul of the Government house chief of staff, Alhaji Abdulrahaman Abba Jimeta.

Alhaji Abba Jimeta died while performing the lesser Hajj in Mekkah,Saudi Arabia.

According to a statement signed by the Hon. Commissioner of Information and strategy, Comrade Ahmad Sajoh the remains of late Abdurrahman Abba Jimeta will be buried in the afternoon on Monday 18th June, 2018 in Makkah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to Islamic Injunctions.

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“It is with a deep sense of grief and total submission to the will of Almighty Allah that the Adamawa State Government announces the passing away of the Chief of Staff, Government House Yola, Alhaji Abdurrahman Abba Jimeta. The sad event occurred in the early hours of Monday the 18th of June, 2018 in Makkah the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where the late Chief of Staff went for Umrah (the lesser Hajj).” The statement reads

Urges the workers in the State to resume work on Tuesday the 19th of June 2018 to be more committed to the progress and development of the State as a befitting remembrance of what the late

Abdurrahman Abba Jimeta stood for in his over three decades of public life.

The Governor calls on the people of the State to pray for the peaceful

repose of the soul of the late Chief of Staff.

The late Chief of Staff would have been 60 years old at his next birthday in

November, 2018. He is survived by an aged Father, one wife and eleven (11) children.

By Tom Garba, Yola