House of Representatives member from Lere Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, Suleiman Aliyu, is dead after a brief illness.
Aliyu died about 12pm of Tuesday at the Barau Dikko Specialists Hospital in Kaduna, aged 53.
As of the time of filing this report, the cause of the death had yet to be known, but the lawmaker was said to have died after a brief illness.
Hon Aliyu was sworn in by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, in March 2020 despite contesting for the seat in the 2019 general election.
He was sworn in after the Court of Appeal in Kaduna declared him the winner of the election and removed Lawal Adamu of the PDP who was occupying the seat.
Hon Aliyu is of the APC and is a former Commissioner of Water resources in Kaduna State.
Aliyu’s death comes a few days after another member of the House of Representatives, Haruna Maitala, died.
Mr Maitala represented Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau State.
Mr Aliyu becomes the fourth federal lawmaker to die this year.
About eleven federal lawmakers have died since the inauguration of the ninth assembly in 2019.
