Kano based Kogi politician, and APC Governorship aspirant, AbdulAziz Omeiza Aliyu, his younger brother, Salmanu Adeiza Aliyu lost their lives in a fatal road crash at Jere town along Kaduna – Abuja federal highway. Famil spokesman, Abubakar Aliyu told Reporters in Kano that the incident occurred Saturday afternoon while he was returning from Abuja alongside his younger brother in a chattered vehicle. Abubakar Aliyu said that the 36 years old APC stalwart was in Lagos for official engagement last Friday, adding that he made a stop over in Abuja same day due to bad weather in Kano that culminated to cancellations of flight.
He explained that his younger brother, Salmanu Aliyu who was also in Abuja for private engagement linked his elder brother for a return journey to Kano by road.
The family spokesman said “Omeiza spoke with his father
around 1.30pm Saturday few minutes into the ill fated
journey and barely half an hour, we received the shocking
and sad news of his demise from a samaritans from the
scene of the accident”.
Abubakar Aliyu stated further that “from the report we
received none of passengers on the ill fated Sharon car
survived and they have been given mass burial at location at
Jere town”.
Commenting on the tragic incident, father of the deceased,
Alhaji Momohjimoh Aliyu said that the incident was a
“fulfilment of destiny”, adding that ” I have accepted it as an
act of God”.
Alhaji Momohjimoh who was an ex staff of the defunct
Power Holding Company of Nigeria explained that “they are
from God and they have returned to Him at appointed time
and on our part we have accepted it as an act of God”.
He appealed to thousands of his late son’s supporter who
had thronged his Gama quarters residence in Kano to move
on with their life, stressing that “Allah has done what’s best
and suitable for us and we should be grateful to Him”.
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