Imam Imam, Tambuwal spokesman dies at 41

Mallam Imam Imam, the Special Adviser to Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Media and Publicity has died. The 41-year-old seasoned journalist died on early Friday morning at the Nizamieye Turkish Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.

His body was later laid to rest on Friday at the Al-Nur Mosque, Abuja after Jummat prayers.

Imam Imam was one of the aides first appointed by Governor Tambuwal on being sworn in on May 29, 2015.

The late Imam had served in the same capacity when Tambuwal was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015 when he became the governor.

The deceased was a former Group Politics Editor at THISDAY Newspapers.

He was born on July 16, 1977 in Gboko, Benue State and hailed from Taraba State.

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

Imam, who read development studies at post-graduate level in Bayero University, Kano, also worked with the New Nigerian Newspapers.

He was a member of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and a graduate member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM).

The Taraba State indigene is survived by two wives and four children.