BREAKING: Federal lawmaker, son, driver die in fatal road crash

A serving House of Representatives member Hon. Haruna Maitala Jingir has died.

Newsclickng.com gathered on Saturday that Hon. Maitala was until his death the member representing Jos North/Bassa federal constituency.

Eldest son of the deceased Ibrahim Saleh Maitala who confirmed the demise of his father said Hon. Maitala died in a fatal road crash.

According to Ibrahim, the accident claimed the lives of Jingir, his son Jafar Haruna, and his driver on Friday night, after the crash in a hospital in Keffi.

They were on their way to Jos from Abuja.

They will be buried in Jos on Saturday.

In February, a member of the House of Representatives from Abia state, Ossy Prestige, died after a protracted sickness.

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