Former speaker of Nigeria’s house of representatives is dead

<p><strong>Former Speaker of House of Representatives in the second republic&comma; Benjamin Chaha&comma; is dead&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chaha who hailed from Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State was said to have been sick for a while before he died Wednesday afternoon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was elected to the House of Representatives on the platform of the defunct NPN in the 1983 general elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;deputy-inspector-general-of-police-slumps-dies-in-abuja&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;">Deputy Inspector General Of Police&comma; Egbunike Slumps&comma; Dies In Abuja<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>He was elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the second tenure of President Sheu Shagari in 1983&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13538" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;03&sol;IMG-20220309-WA0030-169x300&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"169" height&equals;"300" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news of his death was confirmed by his first son&comma; Justice Steven Chaha&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Benjamin Chaha was born in 1940&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Punch<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;