Govt critic, Junaid Mohammed, dies at 71
A second Republic lawmaker and popular government critic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, has died. He died at the age of 71.
Junaid, who was the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the last election, was said to have died in his home state of Kano on Thursday.
A brother of the deceased, Ahmed Salik, confirmed the death to DAILY NIGERIAN on Thursday night, saying the funeral would hold on Friday morning.
Junaid studied medicine in the defunct United Socialist Soviet Republics, in the 1970s and served in the House of Representatives during the 2nd Republic until the National Assembly was dissolved by the Muhammadu Buhari-led military junta in 1983.
Junaid later became a government critic and was overly critical of the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan.
In 2015, he began to take on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Junaid had in 2016 accused Buhari of running a government that is based purely on nepotism rather than merit.
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