Danladi Etsu Zhin, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Coordinator for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)/Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign, has been reported dead.
Zhin was also a former Chairman of Kuje Area Council of the FCT.
He died in the early hours of Sunday in Abuja after being hospitalised for about a month in a private hospital over an undisclosed ailment.
The news of Zhin’s demise was disclosed by his aide, Godwin Omonya, Politics Nigeria reports.
Before defecting to the PDP and eventually becoming the party’s FCT Presidential Campaign Coordinator for the 2023 general elections, Zhin was a House of Representatives aspirant for the Abuja South constituency on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 general elections.
His remains have been deposited at an undisclosed morgue in Abuja and he is expected to be buried soon.
He is survived by a wife and five children – three boys and two girls.
Folarin Kehinde is an Abuja-based journalist with over 5 years of experience in journalism. His work has earned him national and international recognition across various beats, including environment, health and politics.
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