The Niger State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Santali, is dead.
Santali died last Saturday night of cardiac arrest at 52,  and survived by his wife and children.Â
The late Santali, before he became the state secretary of the opposition PDP, was the zonal chairman of the party in the Niger South senatorial district in the era of late Governor Abdulkhadir Kure.
He became the state secretary of the party about two years ago, following the resolution of the disputes that plagued the PDP at the national and state levels after the 2015 general election.
His remains were interred in Bida town of Niger State yesterday.
Prominent politicians from different political divides attended the burial, including the state Chairman of the party, Alhaji Tanko Beji; present and past leaders of the PDP as well as people from all walks of life.
Beji described the deceased as a versatile and trustworthy person, adding that the vacuum created by his death would be difficult to fill.
“We have lost an astute mobiliser, a grassroots politician,†Beji said.
