Tambuwal’s aide Aishat Maina dies after Atiku’s rally
Headlines, Sokoto, State News Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
By Wale OdunsiGovernor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto lost his Special Adviser on Female Education, Aishat Maina, on Tuesday. Hajiya Maina died in Sokoto on her way out of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential rally for Atiku Abubakar. The deceased was caught in a stampede that occurred at the exit gate of Giginya Stadium, the venue of the rally. Chairman of Forum of Special Advisers, Ibrahim Magaji Gusau, confirmed the incident, recalling her last moments. Gusau said Maina was rushed to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, where she died minutes after admission. Maina was formerly chairperson of the National Woman Journalists Association of Nigeria, NAWOJ, in Sokoto. She served as Senior Special Assistant to Tambuwal on New Media before her deployment to Female Education Board. Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chairman in Sokoto, Isa Abubakar Shuni, praised Maina for mentoring female journalists in her lifetime. The late government official is survived by three children and aged parents. |
-Daily Postwp_posts
Related Posts
- Senate President Godswill Akpabio apologises to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over ‘nightclub’ comment
- Sowore alleges list of political stakeholders inciting Nigerians to riot
- ‘I’m ready to let go so they can run it,’ Dangote offers to sell refinery to NNPC
- ‘My life is at stake because I refused to sign $500 million Loan’ – Tinubu’s Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, lament
- Suspects arrested as comedian Sirbalo is ‘scammed’ of N60m in Abuja
Short URL: https://newnigerianpolitics.com/?p=65464