Sleeping delegate at National Conference Alhaji Hamma Misau passes away at 67

Sleeping delegate at National Conference Alhaji Hamma Misau passes away at 67

Posted by Sylvester on Friday, March 28, 2014 0

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FORMER assistant inspector general of police Hamma Misau who was recently filmed sleeping at Nigeria's ongoing National Conference has passed away as a result of an illness he had been suffering from.

Over the last week, pictures of Alhaji Misau, 67, the representative of the Association of Retired Police Officers of Nigeria sleeping at the event, have been splashed all over the media. It now appears that he was suffering from some ailment, which prompted his slumber at the Confab and has died as a result of it.

According to one Confab official, Alhaji Misau died yesterday evening at the National Hospital Abuja. Alhaji Misau is expected to be buried today in accordance with Muslim rites that lay the deceased to rest within 24 hours.

Mohammed Hamma, the former police boss's cousin, said a Muslim funeral is currently being planned and will take place shortly in their native Bauchi State. It is not yet clear if an autopsy will be carried out to determine the exact cause of his death.

Alhaji Misau is one of the 492 delegates at the ongoing conference organised by the government to debate ways of easing ethnic and religious tensions across the country. Over a three month period, the delegates are expected to debate the structure of the country and present recommendations to the government.