Labour Party national vice chairman is dead (PHOTO)

<p><strong>The National Vice Chairman&comma; North Central&comma; of the Labour Party&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OpenLife&period;ng">Comrade Adi Shirsha Adi<&sol;a>&comma; has been confirmed dead&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;18002" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-18002" style&equals;"width&colon; 750px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-18002" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Comrade-Adi-Shirsha-Adi-1&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"750" height&equals;"960" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-18002" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Comrade Adi Shirsha Adi<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The sad development was announced on Thursday &lpar;today&rpar; by the National Publicity Secretary of the party&comma; Olufemi Arabambi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement obtained by newsmen&comma; he revealed that the politician died on Wednesday after battling a brief illness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The statement read&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>The National Chairman&comma; Barrister Julius Abure&comma; on behalf of the National Working Committee and National Executive Council of Labour Party&comma; regrettably announce the death of our National Vice Chairman&comma; North Central of the Labour Party&comma; Comrade Adi Shirsha Adi who passed away on Wednesday evening after a brief illness”&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Arabambi described the demise of the 61-year-old as shocking&comma; saying that his contribution to the enthronement of the people’s government will be sorely missed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;2023-thugs-set-inec-office-ablaze&sol;">2023&colon; Thugs Set INEC Office Ablaze<&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The party expressed sadness over the development&comma; describing Shirsha Adi as a dedicated and committed man who contributed immensely to the party’s growth in the zone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The party said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>This is not the kind of news we expect to broadcast&period; But as believers&comma; we cannot question God&semi; he knows best”&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As believers&comma; we have no option but to thank God for his life&period; And as a party&comma; we will continue to forge ahead in the philosophy he was yearning for&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our party is overwhelmed by this great loss of a very patriotic Nigerian leader&semi; a man of immense humility&comma; who demonstrated an exceptional commitment to our country’s unity&comma; stability and development&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The party urged the family to sustain the legacies of their father&period; The deceased hailed from Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;