Tears, Mourning as Top House of Representatives Member-elect Dies in North East State
The House of Representatives member-elect for Jalingo/Yorro/Zing Federal Constituency in Taraba State is dead.
Channels Television reports that Isma’ila Maihanchi died in the early hours of Saturday, April 22, after a brief illness.
The House of Representatives member-elect had won the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which was conducted on Saturday, February 25.
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A source in the family confirmed that Maihanchi's remains would be laid to rest according to Islamic rites later in the day.
PDP chairman beaten to coma in Ebonyi state dies
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman in Ezza North local government area, Peter Nweke, is dead.
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He died from injuries he sustained from attacks by hoodlums suspected to be political thugs on Saturday during the governorship and Assembly elections.
Police spokesperson, Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed the death of Nweke on Sunday, March 19, The Nations Newspaper reports.
Tears as Nigeria’s 1st Female Senator Franca Afegbua Dies
It's a national loss for Nigeria as Senator Franca Afegbua died in the early hours of Sunday, March 12.
Afegbua whose death was announced by her family is the first female senator in the most populous country in Africa.
The funeral details of the deceased former lawmaker will soon be made public, according to her family.
Senator Patrick Osakwe dies at 73 in London hospital
In another report, a former senator who represented Delta North senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Patrick Osakwe, died in 2022.
Ossai Ovie Success, a media aide to Delta state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa announced the death of Osakwe on his Facebook page on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. “We just lost Senator Patrick Osakwe. My condolence to his family and Ndokwa nation.
Senator Osakwe died at London Hospital this evening at the age of 73. Patrick Enebeli Osakwe was a Nigerian senator who represented Delta North Senatorial District in Delta state," he wrote.
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