The National Rescue Movement (NRM) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Alhaji Aliyu Maina, is dead.
Maina died on Wednesday, January 25, after a brief illness in Abuja. National Publicity Secretary of the NRM, Olusola Afuye, who made the announcement on Thursday, January 26, said he has been buried according to Muslim rites.
The statement read;
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“According to the statement from the family, late Alhaji Abba Maina died on Wednesday, January 25 at his residence in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, after a brief illness.
“He has been buried according to Muslim rite. We pray to Almighty Allah to protect his family and all his loved ones.
“We are also calling on all his family members, business and political associates to show late Maina’s family love and care during this mourning period.
“Further details and arrangements would be made known to the public after deliberations and meetings are made with his immediate family and his political family.”
Maina is the second governorship candidate in the March 11 election that has died in the last 24 hours.
Daily Report Nigeria reported earlier that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Abia State, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, died in the early hours of Wednesday at the National Hospital, Abuja.
