Senator Ahmed Zanna dies, aged 59

Senator Khalifa Ahmed Zanna, the Senator-elect for the Borno Central in the just concluded March 28 Presidential and National Assembly elections has passed away.

Family sources say he died this morning in his Abuja residence, just few days after returning from Germany where he had gone to receive treatment for an undisclosed ailment.

Until his death, Senator Zanna was very vocal on issues about Boko Haram and the plight of the North East. He was aged 59.

He is survived by wife and children.