RFI correspondent Tasi’u Zakari dies in Jos

Tasi’u Zakari, a correspondent for Radio France Internationale, has died in Plateau State, Premium Times reported. Zakari died on Tuesday morning at Sauki Hospital in Jos, located behind the Plateau State House of Assembly, according to the report. The supplied material does not state his age, cause of death or how long he had been receiving treatment.

The headline also says that Al-Makura and others mourned the journalist. It does not provide the full names or positions of those who expressed condolences, nor does it include their statements about Zakari’s work or death. No details were supplied about Zakari’s career with RFI, the subjects he covered or the length of his service as a correspondent.

The available information also does not give details of his family, funeral arrangements or any public memorial. The report places his death at the Jos hospital on Tuesday morning. It does not identify the date beyond that description or say whether an official announcement was issued by RFI, the hospital or his relatives.

Zakari’s death has prompted mourning from Al-Makura and others, as reflected in the report’s headline. Further information about the circumstances of his death and arrangements following it was not included in the supplied material.