NRM governorship candidate in Adamawa, Maina, dies

The National Rescue Movement (NRM) governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Alhaji Aliyu Maina, is dead.

The National Publicity Secretary of the NRM, Olusola Afuye, who confirmed this in a statement on Thursday, said Maina died after a brief illness on Wednesday in Abuja.

He is the second governorship candidate in the March 11 election that had died in the last 24 hours.