Rev. Ben Ubeh, the Taraba state chairman, was declared dead on Sunday by the Taraba State Vice Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Apostle John Aina.
The cause of death was a vehicle accident along the Zing-Yola road.
The deceased died on his way to Yola for an official appointment in the early hours of Sunday, it was gathered.
Rev. Peter Gambo, an eyewitness who happened to be with the CAN chairman, disclosed that the incident happened when they parked to buy some items in Zing town on their way to Yola, Adamawa State.
Gambo, who is the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, said he (Gambo) was unwell and that when they got to Zing, they parked to enable him to get some drugs when the accident happened.
“We parked to buy drugs and the CAN chairman came out and stood at the back of the vehicle (a Toyota Hilux van) we were traveling in when, suddenly, a truck came from behind and crushed him.
“I am still in shock over the incident; but I have come to terms with the fact that God knows best,” he said.
Gambo said the state governor, Darius Ishaku, immediately sent a delegation to Zing who helped to evacuate the corpse to Jalingo; and it has since been deposited in the morgue of the state specialist hospital.
Rev. Ubeh was elected CAN chairman for Taraba State in 2016 and is the General Overseer of Army of God Glorious Ministries.
There has been no official reaction from the family, as the family was said to be holding meeting with church officials.