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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.