BREAKING: Recent Kwara FCC Nominee Is Dead


Mr James Kolo, the Kwara Commissioner-designate in the Federal Character Commission (FCC) who recently appeared before the Senate is dead.
He is from Patigi local government area in Kwara State.



At at the time of filing this report, cause of his death is still unknown but close associates said it was after being sick for a while.

His corpse has been deposited at the University Of Ilorin Teaching Hospital Morgue. 

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