One Death, Too Many

SUNDAY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TRIBUTE 

Between 2019 to April 6, 2021 over 9 members of National Assembly have died. This trend has however reached an alarming rate in recent time. Tobi Soniyi chronicles some of the lawmakers who have passed on

Haruna Maitala

Haruna Maitala who died in a ghastly motor accident on April 2nd, 2021 along Bade-Gitata Road on his way to Jos. Until his death he represented Jos North/Bassa federal constituency at the House of Representatives.

Mohammed Adamu Fagen- Gawo (1950- 2019)
Fagen- Gawo was the lawmaker representing Garki, Bubara constituency of Jigawa state in the House of Representatives.
He died while serving as a second-term lawmaker and less than a month after another member of the House, Ja’afaru Illiyasu passed away.
He reportedly died in Dubai, UAE while on a medical trip.

Yuguda Hassan-Kila

A member of the House of Representatives, Yuguda Hassan-Kila died on Thursday March 4, 2021 at the age of 65 years.
A member of the APC, he represented the Gwaram Federal Constituency of Jigawa State in the House.
He became the second federal lawmaker from Jigawa State to die in the current National Assembly, following Muhammad Adamu Fagen-Gawo who died in December 2019.

Benjamin Uwajumogu (1968- 2019)

Benjamin Uwajumogu until his death was the senator representing Imo North senatorial district in the Nigerian Senate.
He was the chairman, senate committee on employment, labour and productivity.
The deceased lawmaker was a member of the ruling APC and was reported to have battled illness for a long time.
Report had it that he sought medical treatment in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Ignatius Longjan (1944- 2020)

Senator Ignatius Datong was confirmed dead at Turkish hospital in Abuja. He was 75. Until his death, he was representing Plateau’s Southern Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
He also served as the deputy governor of Plateau and was elected as senator in 2019, on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He died at Turkish hospital in Abuja.

Senator Bayo Osinowo 64

He died on June 15, 2020
Adebayo Sikiru Osinowo represented Lagos East in the National Assembly. He died on June 15, 2020.
Osinowo popularly known as (Pepperito), was an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker, who was a former member of Lagos State House of Assembly for 16 years.

Suleiman Aliyu

Suleiman Aliyu until his death represented Lere Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
A member of the All progressives Congress, Aliyu died in the early hours of Tuesday April 6th at the Barau Dikko Hospital in Kaduna.
He was sworn in March 2020 after the Court of Appeal in Kaduna declared him the winner of the election and ordered the removal of Lawal Adamu of the PDP.

Ossy Prestige

Ossy Prestige died early February, this year.
Prestige, represented Aba North/South Federal Constituency of Abia State, died at a hospital in Germany.
He died after a protracted illness.
He was elected on the platform of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA).