Almotamar.net - The leadership of the General People's Congress (GPC) mourned Tuesday the former member of parliament Sheikh Mohammed Ahmed Zaid al-Samawi, one of the prominent leaders of the GPC in the governorate of Ibb. Al-Samawi died on Tuesday in n a road accident at the area of Maabar while he was on his way to Sana'a.

Al-Samawi is one of the founding leaders of the GPC and had assumed many posts in the state, among them deputy governor of Ibb, then advisor of the governorate in addition to his membership at the first parliament after the Yemeni unity.

Official sources in the governorate of Ibb made it clear the body of the deceased had been taken to Al-Thawra public Hospital in the governorate before the funeral ceremonies at his hometown district of Udein today afternoon.