Breaking: Senator Ali Wakili is dead

Breaking: Senator Ali Wakili is dead

The lawmaker representing Bauchi south senatorial district, Senator Ali Wakili is dead.

A journalist with the Voice of America, (VOA), Saleh Shehu Ashaka, announced the death of the All Progressives Congress (APC) senator in a tweet on Saturday, March 17.

The Daily Nigerian, citing the account of a family member reported that the lawmaker slumped at his Gwarimpa residence, Abuja on Saturday morning, March 17, and was rushed to Viewpoint Hospital, where he was certified dead. He died at the age of 58.

Daily Trust also reported that the death of Wakili who served as chairman of the Senate committee on poverty alleviation was confirmed by the special adviser to the Senate president on media and publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu in a phone call.

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The aide said Bukola Saraki was shocked when he learnt about the death of the lawmaker.

Shortly after he was informed about the death of the senator, the Senate president stated that he was on his way to the Wakili house to pay his respects to his family.

The death was also confirmed by Buhari’s aide on new media, Bashir Ahmad.

Senator Wakili was an active member of the APC caucus in the Nigerian Senate. He recently protested against the removal of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as chairman of the northern senators forum without the general knowledge of its members.

Meanwhile, a plot by legislators to override President Muhammadu Buhari on the amendment to the 2010 Electoral Act has led to a simmering disagreement between Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, Daily Trust reports.

Sources have reportedly disclosed that Dogara’s decision to allow the House resolve to re-visit the bill did not go down well with Saraki, who allegedly wants an override.

Legit.ng gathers that while the Senate resolved to write to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, over the ruling by a High Court, restraining the National Assembly from further action on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the House has already agreed with the president on two of his three reasons for withholding assent to the bill.

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Source: Legit.ng

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