House of Reps loses another member, Suleiman Aliyu, from Kaduna

The House of Representatives has lost another member, Suleiman Aliyu from Kaduna State.

Aliyu’s death was confirmed on Tuesday by personal assistant, Tukur Maibindiga.

He said the lawmaker died in the early hours of Tuesday at a hospital in Kaduna after a brief illness.

Aliyi, who represented Lere Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was said to have spent five days in the hospital before passing away Tuesday morning.

“The funeral prayer is going to take place today at 5pm in Lere town,” Maibindiga said.

Aliyu was sworn in as a member of the lower legislative chamber in March 2020 after an appeal court declared him winner of the constituency’s election.

He is the sixth member of the House of Representatives to have died in the ninth assembly — and the third to pass on in the last one month.

Four days ago, Haruna Maitala, a member of the house from Plateau State, had earlier died in a car accident along the Abuja-Keffi road on his way to Jos.