Mr. Misau died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Thursday.
The secretariat of the ongoing National Conference says the death of one of the delegates, Hamma Misau, will not affect its resumption on Monday, March 31.
The conference’s Assistant Secretary, Media and Communications, Akpandem James, said in Abuja that Mr. Misau died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Thursday.
Mr. James said Mr. Misau, 67, a retired Assistant Inspector-General, AIG, was initially rushed to the Federal Civil Service Clinic after he took ill in his hotel room in Abuja.
“No, his death will not affect the resumption of plenary on Monday. What I think the conference will do is to observe a one-minute silence in his honour.
“This will be done first thing on Monday before the commencement of the day’s business, because he was one of us,” he said.
Mr. James, however, expressed the secretariat’s sadness over the death of Mr. Misau, who was representing the retired police officers, and prayed God to comfort his family over the loss.
The conference official said Mr. Misau’s driver had gone to the deceased’s hotel room to check on him on Thursday but the door was not opened even after repeated knocks.
“The driver came to the secretariat to inform us that he could not gain entrance to the room and we rushed to the hotel and forced the door open.
“We initially rushed him to the Federal Civil Service Clinic, because that was the closest medical facility, before we contacted his doctor.
“It was later that the clinic said that his case was beyond them and we transferred him to the National Hospital, where he eventually died,” he said.
Mr. James said the secretariat could not issue any statement on Thursday pertaining Mr. Misau’s death because it wanted to contact his family before making any announcement.
The secretariat had, at the inaugural meeting on March 17, requested that the delegates submit the contacts of their medical doctors to the secretariat.
Mr. James said the measure was to ensure prompt contact of the delegates’ doctors for their medical history in the event of any emergency during the conference.
He also said the secretariat gave consideration of sitting positions to some of the delegates who had health challenges, the aged and those living with disability.
Mr. Misau’s corpse was taken from the hospital by the family to Bauchi and buried in accordance with Islamic rites.
(NAN)