Breaking News: North East Zonal Coordinator of NEMA Dies in Hotel in Maiduguri

The Zonal head of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Alhaji Abdulsalam Badamasi is dead. He was said to have died on Friday after he slumped in a hotel room.

A statement by Mr Sanni Datti, the Information Officer of NEMA, reads "Yes, He is dead, after he slumped at his room early hour on Friday and he was rushed to hospital but later gave up."

Alhaji Abdulsalam Badamasi was the Zonal Coordinator in northcentral Jos before his transfer to Maiduguri last month.

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