AbdulAziz Omeiza Aliyu, the All Progressives Congress, APC
Governorship candidate for Kogi state is dead; PREMIUM TIMES reports.
The APC candidate and his younger brother, Salmanu
Aliyu,died in a fatal road accident at Jere town along Kaduna – Abuja federal
highway on Saturday, March 14th.
Abubakar Aliyu, who spoke on behalf of the family, told
reporters in Kano that the incident happened on Saturday afternoon when the victims were returning from Abuja.
Mr. Aliyu said the 36
years old APC stalwart was in Lagos for an official engagement on Friday. He
said the politician, who was to travel to Kano same day, stopped over in Abuja
as his flight from the Nigerian capital was cancelled due to bad weather.
“Omeiza (the late politician’s son) spoke with his father
around 1.30 p.m. on Saturday few minutes before the ill fated journey. We
received the shocking and sad news of his demise from samaritans at the scene
of the accident,” the announcer said on Sunday.
He added that “from the report we received none of
passengers on the ill fated Sharon car survived and they have been given mass
burial at a location at Jere town”.
Commenting on the incident,
the father of the deceased, Jimoh Aliyu, described the accident as a
“fulfillment of destiny”, adding that he “accepted it as an act of God”.
He appealed to hundreds of his late son’s supporter who had
thronged his Gama quarters residence in Kano to move on with their life,
stressing that “Allah has done what’s best and suitable for us and we should be
grateful to Him.”
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