APC senatorial candidate dies in China

The All Progressive Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Jigawa central, Alhaji Tijjani Ibrahim Kiyawa is dead.

The Nation reports that Kiyawa reportedly died at a hospital in China where he was flown to. He was said to have been earlier admitted at a Chinese private hospital in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

He was a two-term member of the National Assembly, representing Dutse/Kiyawa Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives.

He decamped to the ruling APC after losing his election in 2015.

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In his condolence massage, Jigawa governor, Abubakar Badaru, expressed shock over the incident.

The governor described late Kiyawa as “a man of honour, a great leader, and a role model to the younger generation, who has sacrificed his whole life to serve the common man”.

Badaru said: “The death of Tijjani Ibrahim Gaya has come with a serious shock to me and indeed to the people of Jigawa state. Every soul must taste death. Our prayer is always to have a good ending and no doubt our brother has ended in a good after battling a protracted illness.”