Ghali Umar Na’Abba, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, is dead. The former Speaker of Nigeria’s lower chamber of the National Assembly died on Wednesday, according to family sources who spoke with journalists.
Na’Abba died at the age of 65.
The sources did say whether the former lawmaker died of sickness, but Na’Abba has been battling with undisclosed ailment for year before he finally gave up the ghost early this morning.
In May 2020, the former Speaker was rumoured to have died. He later denied the rumour, saying such rumour was the work of his enemies.
He said the: “Fellow Nigerians; I am Ghali Na’Abba, Speaker of the National Assembly from 1999 to 2003. I have been hearing rumours in recent days that I was dead.
“I am doing this video in order to prove to Nigerians and the world that I am alive, hale and hearty.
“I am a proud Nigerian and saddened that rumours spread about me in such an evil manner.
“However, this is not a time to reprimand anybody, I have been a friend to the press and I believe we should do whatever it is to ensure that we live well among ourselves.
“I am alive and healthy in London, I am here in the past four weeks and finished my engagements, if not for the lack of flight, I will have flown back to Nigeria.
“I am missing home and sad about what is going on in my country; about the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty and deaths ravaging my community in Kano.
“A lot of people have died recently in Kano including some of my relations and let me seize this opportunity to condole every family that lost their love ones,” he said.
The demised politician was born on September 27, 1958.
