A serving House of Representatives member Hon. Haruna Maitala Jingir has died.
Hon. Maitala was until his death the member representing Jos North/Bassa federal constituency.
Eldest son of the deceased Ibrahim Saleh Maitala who confirmed the demise of his father said Hon. Maitala died in a fatal road crash.
According to Ibrahim, the accident claimed the lives of Jingir, his son Jafar Haruna, and his driver on Friday night, after the crash in a hospital in Keffi.
They were on their way to Jos from Abuja.
They will be buried in Jos on Saturday.
In February, a member of the House of Representatives from Abia state, Ossy Prestige, died after a protracted sickness.
