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Senator Otaru Salihu Ohize is dead according to family sources. He was in Senate in 2007 as a member of Action Congress [AC].
Senator Ohize was born on February 5, 1953 and was elected Senator for the Kogi Central constituency of Kogi State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007.
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Otaru Salihu Ohize (born 5 February 1953) was elected Senator for the Kogi Central constituency of Kogi State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007.
He is a member of the Action Congress (AC).
Ohize earned a B.Sc. in Political Science from the University of Lagos (1987) and a Master of International Affairs & Diplomacy from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (2003).
He served for fifteen years in the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Navy.
He was chairman of Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State for two terms.
After taking his seat in the Senate in June 2007 he was appointed to committees on Sports, Police Affairs, Interior Affairs, Information & Media, Housing, Commerce and Agriculture.
In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he had not sponsored any bills.
SENATOR OGEMBE MOURNS, CONDOLES HIS FAMILY
The Senator Representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Ahmed Ogembe has described the death of the Senator Salihu Ohize, who represented Kogi central senatorial district in the 6th Assembly, as a great loss for people of Ebira Land and Kogi State at large. .
In a statement released immediately after leaving the hospital where the deceased passed away, Senator Ogembe expressed sadness over the demise of a great icon and grassroots mobilizer.
“It was a rude shock with deep sorrow to hear the unexpected and sudden death of Senator Ohize this morning.
“May God grant our people the fortitude to bear the priceless loss of a political colossus, ‘Rest In Peace’,” he added.
Ogembe urged the entire family, particularly his children to take solace in the fact that Senator Ohize lived a fulfilled life with remarkable track record of great achievements.
Ogembe himself was among the dignitaries that rushed to the National Hospital Abuja, where the late senator died.
He prayed that God would accept the spirit of the departed soul, and grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.
He noted that the deceased, Ohize, would be greatly missed by all especially the Ebiras in particular and the people of Central senatorial district in general.
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