Abdul-Aziz Aliyu, a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State, is dead.
According to Premium Times, the victim and his younger brother, Salmanu Aliyu, were killed in an auto accident along Jere Town of Kaduna State on March 15, 2015.
Abubakar Aliyu, who was speaking on behalf of the family, told reporters in Kano that the tragic accident happened on Saturday afternoon when the victims were returning from Abuja.
Mr. Aliyu said the APC aspirant was in Lagos for an official engagement on March 13, 2015. He added that the politician was to travel to Kano same day, but he had to stop over in Abuja as his flight from the Nigerian capital was cancelled due to bad weather.
Salmanu, who was also in Abuja for a private engagement, joined his elder brother for the road trip to Kano during which the accident happened.
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“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,” Aliyu said.
According to the report, none of passengers on Sharon car survived and they have been given mass burial at a location at Jere town.
Commenting on the accident, Jimoh Aliyu, the father of the deceased, described the tragedy as a fulfillment of destiny and added that he “accepted it as an act of God”.
Earlier this year Bayelsa people suffered a horrible tragedy when 11 prominent female politicians died in a ghastly motor accident near the Old Ahoada Market road along the East-West road of Rivers State.
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