Contrary to the story which made the rounds on a number of Social Media Platforms announcing the passing of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, family and friends say he is very much alive Na’Abba himself in a video massage has, also, confirmed that he is alive and locking.
Debunking the story that he died in Kano, his home town and state, Thursday night, the very reliable sources revealed that former Speaker has been away to the United Kingdom in the past few weeks.
Putting a stamp of authority, Na’Abba released a video of himself from the UK, where he addressed the story of his death, confirming his trip to the UK.
Na’Abba has joined the league of great men whose deaths were announced while still alive. The most sensational was the first President of Nigeria, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. He lived several more years after he was announced dead, and condolences sent to his family and Nigeria by at least, one high profile friend and political associate of his. Ironically, the fellow died before the Great Zoo of Africa.
Aged 62 years, Na’Abba was the Speaker of the House of Representatives during the President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration.
Even though both were of the same political party, the PDP, he had a very stormy relationship with Obasanjo. It was during Na’Abba’s tenure that huge bags of money were displayed on the floor of the House, allegedly from Obasanjo, to bribe members to support him for a third term in office as President. The ambition was aborted.
Since his troubled relationship with Obasanjo, Na’Abba has never won any election again, or held any important position, even, when, at a point in his chequered political life, he joined the APC.
Born on September, 1958, Na’abba, CFR, is an alumnus of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
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