Categories: BREAKING NEWSPOLITICS

Jigawa Central APC Senatorial Candidate Tijjani Kiyawa Is Dead

The All Progressive Congress APC, Jigawa central Senatorial candidate for the 2023 general election Tijjani Ibrahim Kiyawa has died.

A family source told DAILY POST (not ABN TV) that Hon. Kiyawa died yesterday night around 11: 00 pm in an Abuja Hospital after suffering from illness.

Hon. Kiyawa was a popular politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives for Dutse and the Kiyawa Federal constituency from 2011-2015 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP.

He was also a PDP Gubernatorial aspirant in the 2019 general election who lost the primary election to Malam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim.

Kiyawa decamped to the All Progressives Congress, APC where he got the party’s senatorial ticket for the Jigawa central in the coming 2023 General election.

Sponsored

ABN TV reports that his 75-year-old mother Hajiya Fatima Ibrahim (Jaja) was recently kidnapped at her house in Kiyawa town.

She was rescued by security operatives after she was tracked at the Danladi Nasidi Housing complex in Kumbotso Local Government, Kano State.

Kiyawa’s death is coming a few days after the death of Jigawa State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry Salisu Zakari.

SPONSORED
ABN TV EDITOR

ABN TV is one of the most visited news platform across Nigeria and the world over. It has carved a niche for itself in delivering authentic, accurate news.

Recent Posts

After 25 Years, Democracy Yet To Meet Citizen’s Expectations — Bugaje

An Islamic scholar and political activist, Dr. Usman Bugaje, has highlighted the inability of the…

5 hours ago

Tinubu’s 2025 Budget Full Of Unrealistic Expectations, Says SDP’s Adebayo

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 general elections, Prince…

7 hours ago

VP Shettima Saddened Over Stampedes That Killed Dozens Of People, Says It’s National Tragedy

Vice President Kashim Shettima has mourned the victims of the recent tragic stampedes that claimed…

8 hours ago

Yuletide: NACA Urges Nigerians To prioritize Their Health, Know Their HIV Status

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS has advised Nigerians to prioritize their health…

9 hours ago

NNPCL Reduces Petrol Ex-Depot Price, Sparks Optimism For Economic Relief

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced a reduction in the ex-depot price…

9 hours ago

NDLEA Detains Smuggler, Ex-convict, Confiscates Over A Million Opioid Pills [PHOTOS]

In a number of bold operations, the NDLEA has detained multiple suspects and stopped massive…

9 hours ago