Former Iowa legislator Ako Abdul-Samad narrowly escaped death when his car caught fire at a Windsor Heights Hy-Vee. Abdul-Samad escaped the vehicle moments before it became engulfed in flames. The ...
Longtime state Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad will retire from the Iowa Legislature at the end of the year, he announced Thursday. Abdul-Samad, 72, made the announcement at a Black History Month event at the ...
Ako Abdul-Samad was still in shock. Slumped in his chair, the former Iowa representative and Creative Visions founder was reeling from another near-death experience. His 10th, he said. He counted.