Tragedy has hit Labour Party in Kaduna State as a top echelon in the party, Mallam Lawal Garba dies suddenly in a fatal accident, with its Presidential candidate, Peter Obi in shock.Garba was the Zonal Chairman of Labour Party in Kaduna State.

He lost his life in a fatal road car crash along the Kaduna-Zaria road on his way back home from the party’s engagement with Northern stakeholders in Arewa House, Kaduna, on Monday.

Reacting to the development, Obi said he was in shock on hearing the sad news, especially as Garba was with him on Monday when he addressed Northern elders.

Obi said the death of Garba was a huge loss to the ‘Obidient’s’ family and the party in Kaduna.

“I’m shocked by the news of the sudden and tragic death of Mallam Lawal Garba last night in a fatal vehicular accident.

“Mallam Garba was in attendance at the Arewa House interactive session. His death is a huge loss to his family, the Labour Party family in Kaduna State and the Kaduna people. I pray for the peaceful repose of his soul and that God Almighty will grant his family the fortitude to bear this huge loss,” he tweeted.