UPDATE: Benue Commissioner Dies After Predicting Buhari’s Death [READ MORE]

A commissioner in Benue State mocked General Buhari and called him ‘quarter-to-go’ close to his grave. But he slumped and died at the age of 46. What really happened?

Aondowase Chia was a commissioner in Benue State. His death in Nigeria causes a ripple within political circles. He had mocked the 72-year-old APC presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari, calling him ‘quarter-to-go’, insinuating Buhari was close to his grave.

BIRTH AND EARLY DAYS

On the 27th of October, 1968, he was born at Tse-Chia, Mbaatirkyaa Ward in Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State.

DEATH

On Tuesday, 3rd of March, 2015, Chia presented his ministry’s 2015 budget the previous day before the Benue State House of Assembly and he did not manifest any sign of illness. Upon returning to his office, he slumped and he could not stand from his chair. He was rushed to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital in Makurdi but he gave up the ghost in the early hours of the next day, around 6:30 am. A stroke has been named as the likely cause of death.