Ex-Senator and Governorship Aspirant, Gbenga Aluko Dies After Suddenly Collapsing in Office
Category: Nigeria News
A former Nigerian Senator and governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator
Gbenga Aluko, is dead.
It was learnt that the former lawmaker who represented
the Ekiti South constituency between 1999 and 2003, died on Saturday after he
collapsed in his office in Abuja.
Aluko
who in 2018 contested the governorship ticket on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress in Ekiti State was according to the report, rushed to a
hospital where he was confirmed dead, after he suddenly collapsed in his
office.
An aide to the late lawmaker said
Aluko
did not show any sign of sickness before his death.
He was the son
of the late economist Professor Sam Aluko.
The late politician was
one of the governorship aspirants on the platform of the APC in Ekiti State in
2018.
He represented the Ekiti South Senatorial District of Ekiti
State in the Senate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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