Just in: Former Speaker, Ghali Na’Abba, is dead, aged 65

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba, is dead.

Na’Abba, the second Speaker of the House of Representatives in the current 4th Republic, died in the wee hours of Wednesday.

A report by the LEADERSHIP newspaper, said it was unable to get the details surrounding the circumstances of his death as of press time.

Na’Abba had been battling an ailment for some years before hus death.

He was elected Member of the House of Representatives in 1999 from Kano State.

He became the Speaker a few months after the inauguration of the House following the resignation of the then Speaker, Salisu Buhari, from the same Kano State, over certificate forgery scandal.

His death is yet to be officially announced or confirmed by his family members.