The former governor of Nasarawa State, Aliyu Akwe Doma, is dead.
The 76-year-old politician reportedly died after a brief illness at a foreign hospital in Israel.
Aliyu ran successfully for election as governor of Nasarawa State in April 2007 on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) platform, taking office on 29 May 2007.
He ran for a second term in office in April 2011, but lost to Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, the candidate of the opposition Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
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