A former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Nuhu Aliyu is dead.
Aliyu died in Kaduna on Wednesday after a brief illness at the age of 79.
He represented Niger North Senatorial Zone of Niger State at the National Assembly
Nuhu Aliyu, a Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party was the first chairman of the PDP in Niger state before being elected into the Senate in 1999 and was re-elected to the same position in 2003 and 2007.
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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 before he retired.
