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The lawmaker representing Lere Federal Constituency in Kaduna State at the House of Representatives, Mr Suleiman Aliyu, died on Tuesday.
He was aged 53.
Aliyu was said to have died on Tuesday afternoon at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital in Kaduna State.
An aide to the deceased, Tukur Abdul-Azeez, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone, said, “Yes, he passed away this morning. He had been suffering from typhoid and fever.”
Aliyu’s death made it the sixth member of the House to have died since the 9th National Assembly was inaugurated on June 11, 2019.
Aliyu’s death occurred five days after the lawmaker representing Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency in Plateau State, Haruna Maitala, died.
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Following the 5th December 2020 Imo North Senatorial by-election to replace the late Benjamin Uwajumogu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared victory in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) without proclaiming a winner. This was due to a multiplicity of cases by APC members claming to be the partyâs candidate and the various reliefs they were able to procure from different courts. But in a recent petition signed by the partyâs acting National Chairman and governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni, APC accused Supreme Court Justices Mohammed Dattijo, Abdu Aboki and Helen Ogunwumiju of conspiring with the Peopleâs Democratic Party (PDP) to deliver the senate seat. This grave allegation has already elicited a response from the apex court with dire implications for the people of Imo North and democracy in Nigeria.
Imo North: Much ado about a senatorial bye-election
Published 21 December 2020
The Imo North Senatorial Bye-election has witnessed a lot of drama especially as it concerns who the candidate of the All Progressives Congress was. Various APC aspirants have taken to the courts to settle the dust raised by contentious primaries mired in controversies. Unfortunately, the courts instead of dousing the fire, seemed to have put more thongs in hearth. At the heart of the inferno are two conflicting court judgements that have left the Independent National Electoral Commission confused as to who to return as the senator-elect for the zone.
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The Imo North Senatorial Bye-Election has witnessed a lot of drama especially as it concerns who the candidate of the All Progressive Congress was. Various APC aspirants have taken to the courts to settle the dust raised by contentious primaries mired in controversies. Unfortunately, the courts instead of dousing the fire, seemed to have put more thongs in hearth. At the heart of the inferno are two conflicting court judgements that has left INEC confused as to who to return as the Senator Elect for the zone.
This indecisive action of INEC has led to several speculations and spins of false narratives leaving the Imo North electorate and many political watchers in limbo. While the APC hierarchy insists that Sir Frank Ibezim remains the party’s bonafide candidate and therefore the Senator Elect, the camp of Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume claims the mandate given to APC on the basis of a Federal High Court Abuja judgement disqualifying Ibezim. Ibezim supporters however point to