The traditional ruler of Yaba in Abaji area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Abdullahi Adamu, slumped and died in his palace.
According to Daily Trust, a member of the deceased family, Shuaibu Abdullahi, who confirmed the monarch’s death on Thursday night said the late Etsu of Yaba chiefdom died while on his way to observe Magrib prayers, within his palace.
Abdullahi said the 62-year-old monarch slumped suddenly and his aides rushed him to Abaji General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He said, “Immediately he slumped, they moved him inside the car to the hospital. But unfortunately on arrival at the hospital, doctors confirmed him dead.”
It was learnt that the corpse of the monarch had been taken from the hospital to Yaba, where he would be buried by 9 am on Friday.
The development comes after the death of the Etsu of Kwali chiefdom in Kwali Area Council of FCT, Alhaji Sha’aban Audu Nizaz, who died at a private hospital in Abuja, on December, 29, 2022.
