Nigeria, Dec. 31 -- A Nigerian lawmaker, Muhammadu Adamu Fagen-Gawo, is dead.

Mr Fagen-Gawo represents Garki, Bubara constituency of Jigawa State in the House of Representatives.

He was 65.

An uncle of the deceased confirmed the death to PREMIUM TIMES. The Jigawa State government has also confirmed the death.

Mr Fagen-Gawo's death is coming less than a month after another member of the House of Representatives, Ja'afaru Illiyasu, from Niger State, died.

Mr Fagen-Gawo a second-term lawmaker, is a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

He died in the United Arab Emirate, Dubai, while on a medical trip, his uncle told this reporter.

He was survived by a wife and nine children, the source added.

The Jiagawa governor late...