A candidate for the 2016 parliamentary deputy declared dead | Policy

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for 2016 in the Kumbungu constituency in the northern region is reported to have died.

It is believed that Iddrisu Muktaru, better known as DEMS, was returning from Kumbungu on Saturday night on a motorcycle when he hit the abandoned truck in the middle of the road with no advance warning triangle.

He would have died instantly and the bike was damaged to the point where it could not be repaired.

Family sources revealed that he had been buried on Sunday, February 10, 2019, according to Islamic custom.

His incident is one of many accidents in the region involving dump trucks, a source of major concern for city authorities over the dumb truck drivers' noncompliance with the Highway Code.

It will be remembered that earlier this month, Mohammed Shamsudeen Rufai, a Tamale-based radio host, better known as DJ Fabregas, was also crushed by a dump truck.

The late Mohammed Shamsudeen Rufai was riding a motorcycle with a lady supposed to be his girlfriend who survived the New Year's dawn in Lamashegu, a suburb of Tamale metropolis, while he was returning home after the Launch of a music album of a survivor, Kasi Survivor arrived.