Finance Ministry Silent As Minister Taiwo Oyedele’s Police Aide Dies

Inspector Aliyu Mohammed Ndarua died on Friday, November 6, 2026, according to sources within the ministry. 

A police inspector assigned as the personal security aide to the Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, has died, SaharaReporters can report.

Inspector Aliyu Mohammed Ndarua died on Friday, November 6, 2026, according to sources within the ministry. He is survived by his wife and three children.

He reportedly died in the morning and was buried the same afternoon. Staff members familiar with the matter said the circumstances of his death, and the ministry’s silence, had raised questions.

Sources told SaharaReporters that the Ministry of Finance neither issued an official announcement concerning his death nor shared information about the incident on its official WhatsApp group, which is used for communication among staff members.

“They did not even post his death on the ministry’s WhatsApp group; everything is just business as usual. They are keeping mute about it,” a source told SaharaReporters.

The source expressed concern over what was described as the absence of any official acknowledgement of the death, particularly given that the deceased was attached to the office of the minister.

It was further gathered that a Fidau prayer for the late Inspector Aliyu was held at the Kogo Central Mosque, Bwari, Abuja, on Sunday, November 8, 2026.

Another source told SaharaReporters that there were rumours that the minister’s security aide had been ill before his death. However, the source questioned the lack of official communication from the ministry regarding the reported illness and his eventual death.

“They are claiming he was sick but we are not taking that to be true. If he was sick, why did they not mention his situation and his demise, at least? Why are they not even mentioning losing someone?” another source told SaharaReporters.

It was gathered that the late Inspector Aliyu hailed from Lafiagi in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Different sources who spoke to SaharaReporters questioned why the ministry had not issued a statement or formally acknowledged the incident, adding that an official communication would help address concerns and provide clarity about what happened.

“Instead of keeping mute, they should detail what led to his death if there is nothing to hide. It is not normal that someone like that dies and there is no statement, not even an announcement of his death as if he was no one to the ministry,” a source told SaharaReporters.

The sources maintained that their concern was not only about the reported death but also about the absence of information from the ministry, which they said had left staff members without an official account of the incident.

SaharaReporters’ attempts to reach Mohammed Danjuma Manga, the Ministry of Finance’s acting permanent secretary, for comment on the issue were unsuccessful.