The meeting is to discuss issues critical to the continuous growth of the party, Mr. Letep said.
“The corpse of the late chairman has been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo,” police said.
The traditional ruler passed on on Saturday morning in Abuja of undisclosed ailments.
An army memo disclosed that three of the civilians who received gunshot wounds were currently being treated at a specialist hospital in Maiduguri.
The cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained by military authorities.
The Nigerian military could not be immediately reached for comments over the development.
The fallen soldiers including a lieutenant, are troops from 117 Battalion from the 28 Task Force Brigade.
Mr. Benjamin was also tortured to death.
The UN agency identified Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe as states to be most affected.
He once aired in confidence in local militias and hunters to better combat the insurgents if given the needed support.
