By Aminu Garko
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, is to be Buried in Kano Today, one of his aides, Mr. Ahmed Tijjani Lawal, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano.
He said the former speaker, who died early today, passed on at the age of 65 years.
“The former Speaker died in the early hours of Wednesday at the National Hospital, Abuja,” he said.
Na’Abba represented Kano Municipal Federal Constituency and won election to the National Assembly on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in1999.
He became the Speaker of the House of Representatives after Alhaji Salisu Buhari was forced out of the Assembly over certificate and age issues.
He left behind one wife, 10 children and three grandchildren.
“We are currently making arrangements to transport the corpse to Kano for burial today,” the aide told NAN.
(NAN)
