The All Progressives Congress, APC, has mourned the death of the Chief Security Officer at the National Secretariat, DSP Adamu Aso (rtd).
He was said to have died on Tuesday after he was knocked down by a vehicle.
Reports have it that he was returning from Kano State where he had gone to see his family before he was knocked down by an unnamed motorist while trying to cross the road around Garki Police Barracks.
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A source claimed he had just recovered from a diabetes-related illness before he decided to travel home to see his family.
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a press release said Aso, a Muslim, was buried in Abuja on Wednesday.
The late CSO served in the Nigerian Police Force for 35 years after joining in 1971 and retiring in 2006 as a Deputy Superintendent of Police.
He was born April 12, 1950 was married with children. He hailed from Yobe State.
He worked as Ag. Chief Security Officer at the National Secretariat of the Congress for Progressive Change, one of the legacy parties that metamorphosed into the governing APC.
“The Party will miss the experience, temperament and maturity the late DSP Adamu Aso (Rtd.) displayed in the discharge of his duties.
“We express our deep condolences to his immediate family, the Nigerian Police Force and staff of the APC over this painful loss. We pray Almighty Allah gives us all the strength to bear the loss,” the release said.