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The Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD) candidate for Kontagora II Constituency for the House of Assembly election in Niger state, Alhaji Adamu Musa Usubu has died in an auto accident.
He died on Friday evening on his way back from a meeting. The motorcycle he was riding on ran into a whe in Kontagora town.
His younger brother, Mallam Abubakar Musa, confirmed the death. He said that his brother had to board a commercial motorcycle because his car broke down and he was in a hurry to attend to some of his guests waiting for him at home.
The motorcycle ran into a wheelbarrow in Kongagora town. A vehicle coming from behind crushed him to death as he fell from the bike.