Zaki LGA Chairman Dies in Car Crash After APM Meeting

Masud Aliyu Umar, chairman of Zaki Local Government Area in Bauchi State, died in a car crash on Sunday night at Konkiyal Village in Darazo LGA. He was returning from an Allied Peoples Movement (APM) stakeholders’ meeting in Bauchi. Elected chairman on August 17, 2026, Umar had previously served as director-general of the Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). Governor Bala Mohammed praised his public service and local development work; funeral prayers are scheduled for Monday, November 2, at 2 p.m. at the District Head’s Palace in Mur Mur, Zaki.