late Police chief John Haruna’s mum dies of shock

DEATH has struck again in the home of the late Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Haruna John, killing his 82-year-old mother, Mrs Silany John.

Apparently the death of her son, whose remains are to be buried on March 31, was too much for the old woman to handle. She died of shock, according to the family.

The death was announced at the weekend, barely 12 days after the DIG John died alongside three others, including his orderly, in a chopper crash. The chopper was conveying them from Abuja en route Jos, the Plateau State capital.

The late John passed on 12 days after he was decorated with the DIG's rank by the acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar.

The ambiance at the John family home at Dorowa, Jalingo –the Taraba State capital – had been gloomy at the weekend.

Sympathisers were trooping in to commiserate with the family since the police DIG passed on. But the traffic of sympathisers tripled when the news of the late John's mother's death was broken.

The late John's aged father has been taken away from the house. He is yet to be told of his wife's death.

"He has not been told for fear of a third tragedy," a family member disclosed.

The late DIG's younger brother, Yusuf John, when asked about funeral plans for the dead, said the family was perplexed.

"We don't know what to do now. Everybody (in the family) is confused," Yusuf said.