Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Ghali Umar Na’Abba is dead. He was aged 65.
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A younger sister to the former speaker, Hussain Na’Abba who confirmed the death said the late politician passed on at about 3:00 am Wednesday at the National Hospital, Abuja.

The family member said the 8th speaker of Nigeria’s green chamber who be buried in Kano later in the day.
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The rumoured death of the Kano-born politician went viral on social media in May 2020 during the era of the deadly COVID-19. But Na’Abba who was away in London refuted the rumour.

Ghali was the speaker of the House of Representatives during the tenure of President Olusegun Obasanjo and a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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