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Late Senator Nuhu Aliyu
By Umar F. Ibrahim
Nuhu Aliyu, a former Deputy Inspector General of Police, has died.
Aliyu, who was 79 years old, died in Kaduna on Wednesday after a brief illness.
At the National Assembly, he represented Niger State’s North Senatorial Zone. Aliyu, who was 79 years old, died in Kaduna on Wednesday after a brief illness.
At the National Assembly, he represented Niger State’s North Senatorial Zone.
Nuhu Aliyu, a People’s Democratic Party chieftain, was the party’s first chairman in Niger state before being elected to the Senate in 1999, where he was re-elected in 2003 and 2007.
The deceased, who was born in 1941 and studied Advanced Police Management at the Police College Jos, rose through the ranks to become a Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Before retiring, he was the head of the Force Criminal Investigation Department.