Breaking: Former BBC editor Isa Abba Adamu dies at 60

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A Nigerian born journalist Isa Abba Adamu is dead

The veteran journalist, late Adamu died in London today after a brief illness.

His brother Malam Yusha’u A. Ibrahim, who confirm the death to Daily Telescope, said the deceased would be buried in London according to Islamic rites.

Born in 1961, late Isa Abba Adamu graduated from Bayero University in the year 1985 and worked with Kano State Television CTV 67 before joining the BBC Hausa Service.

The deceased rose through the ranks from producer and later Editor in the Hausa Service of the BBC World Service.

After he resigned from BBC, late Isa Abba joined the Legislative Institute in Abuja as director. After his first tenure at the institute, late Isa quit and went back to Londo.

He was later appointed board member of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Late Isa Abba Adamu left behind a wife and four children.

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  1. May his gentle soul rest in peace what a great lost may Allah grant him ease and may Allah grant his family the fortitude to bear this lost.

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