Taraba Speaker Confirmed Dead

The governor’s spokesperson confirmed the
death.
The Speaker of the Taraba State House of
Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, is dead.
Mr. Tsokwa’s age is unknown at this time.
He died of an undisclosed ailment this
morning at the Federal Medical Centre,
Jalingo, the Taraba state capital.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Mr. Tsokwa
took ill last Thursday and was rushed to
hospital.
Kefas Sule, spokesperson Acting Governor
Garba Umar confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES
that Mr. Tsokwa had passed on.
“He died this morning, after just a bried
illness,” he said.
Mr. Sule however declined to provide
further details, saying the government
would await the outcome of reports from
the speakers’ doctors before making any
further pronouncement on the matter.
There were speculations by some of the
late speaker’s supporters that Mr. Tsokwa
was poisoned, but they could not
substantiate the claim. PREMIUM TIMES
could also not independently verify the
claim.
The late speaker had been a staunch
supporter of the Deputy Governor, who is
also the acting governor, Umar Garba in
the ongoing battle for the control of the
state.
He escaped unhurt but some policemen in
his convoy sustained various degrees of
gunshot wounds during an exchange of fire
between them and their attackers.
Mr. Tsokwa attended Federal University of
Technology, Yola, and Government
Secondary School, Ibbi, for his university
and secondary education.
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