Former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Taraba State, Abdulmumini Vaki is dead.

He was aged 56-year old.

He died at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Jalingo after an undisclosed brief illness.

Vaki was a founding member of the PDP in the state and made significant contributions to its growth.

Andeta’rang Irammae, the state’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), described his death as a rude shock.

He noted that the vacuum he left will be hard to fill.

Many party supporters have been trooping his house in Jalingo to sympathise with the family.