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National Assembly worker falls from stairs, dies
A worker with the National Assembly, Abdul Olajide Abayomi, fell down from the stairs at the Assembly complex and died on Monday.
Abayomi, 34, worked with the Inter-Parliamentary Department under the Directorate of Inter-Parliamentary and Protocols in the National Assembly.
Eyewitnesses told journalists the deceased was on his way to the second floor of the White House section of the complex when he slipped and rolled down the stairs.
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He was taken to the National Assembly Clinic for medical attention by his colleagues but died on the way.
Doctors confirmed that he died of cardiac arrest and other underlying ailments.
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