Nuhu Aliyu, former Senator and retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), is dead.
Aliyu, who represented Niger North Senatorial Zone of Niger State in the National Assembly, died in Kaduna on Wednesday, died after a brief illness. He was aged 79.
A family source who confirmed the death said that his remains was buried at the Barnawa burial ground in Kaduna at 2pm Wednesday, according to Islamic injunctions.
Nuhu Aliyu, a Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was the first chairman of the party in Niger state before being elected into the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1999. He was re-elected to the same position in 2003 and 2007.
Born in 1941, the deceased studied Advanced Police Management at the Police College Jos and rose to become a Deputy Inspector General of Police.
He was in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) before he retired.