Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Namadi Sambo, Malam Umar Sani, on Sunday announced the death of Capt. Yusuf Sabo Sambo, the immediate younger brother to the Vice President. Sani, who made the announcement in a statement in Abuja, said the younger Sambo died as a result of a fatal motor accident on Bill Clinton Drive, Airport Road, Abuja. The statement said until his death, the deceased was a pilot, who worked with the former Nigerian Airways and the Presidential Air Fleet, before retiring to be on his own. It stated that the late Capt. Sambo, who was born in 1956, died at the age of 58 years and was survived by his wife, three daughters, 10 brothers and sisters. “He has since been buried at the Apo cemetery, Abuja according to Islamic rites. “He was buried in the presence of former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and several other dignitaries and sympathisers,” the statement said.
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