Special Adviser On Media To Governor Tambuwal Is Dead

Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Imam Imam is dead.

Imam died at about 3am on Friday at the Nizamieye Turkish Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.

A family source said the late journalist was admitted to the hospital on Saturday and was already recuperating before his sudden death.

Imam, a former Group Politics Editor at THISDAY Newspapers, was born on July 16, 1977 in Gboko, Benue State but hails from Taraba State.

Imam, who studied mass communication at Kaduna Polytechnic, began his journalism career at Millennium Weekly newspaper in 2000 before joining ThisDay where he rose to the position of group political editor.

Before his appointment as special adviser on media and public affairs, Imam had earlier served as Tambuwal’s spokesman between 2011 and 2015 when he was speaker of the house of representatives.

He will be buried later today in accordance with the Islamic faith.