The death has been announced of the Chief of Staff, Government House Yola, Alhaji Abdurrahman Abba Jimeta.
A statement by the Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ahmad I. Sajoh said Jimeta died in the early hours of today, in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he went for Umrah (the lesser Hajj).
“Consequently, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Adamawa State Senator Muhammad Umar Jibrilla Bindow has declared three days of mourning in Adamawa State starting from Monday the 18th of June 2018.
“The Governor calls on the people of the State to pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of the late Chief of Staff.
“As Adamawa State workers resume work on Tuesday the 19th of June 2018, Government calls on them 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 statement read.
It further stated that the remains of late Jimeta would be buried this afternoon in Makkah according to Islamic injunctions.
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 children.
