Former Savelugu MP, Abdul Samed Gunu dead

‎Former Member of Parliament for the Savelugu Constituency on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Muhamed Abdul Samed Gunu has died.
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‎The former lawmaker reportedly passed away in the Greater Accra Region on Thursday (October 15, 2026) where he was receiving medical care after taking ill.
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‎Consequently, the mortal remains was airlifted back to the Northern Region for burial in Savelugu in line with Islamic dictates.
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‎Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their last respect and also observed the Salat al-Janazah (Islamic funeral prayer for a deceased Muslim) before his interment.
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‎He was laid to rest at the Savelugu public cemetery at about 5:00PM.
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‎Abdul Samed Gunu made history in the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections when he won the Savelugu seat for the NPP since 1992 from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by obtaining 13,334 votes representing 34.21% against Alhassan Abdulai Red of NDC, 12,590 votes representing 32.31%.
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‎He therefore served in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, representing the Savelugu Constituency.
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‎Born on April 6, 1966, the late MP studied accounting at the then Tamale Polytechnic in 2000 and proceeded to obtain a master’s degree in NGO and Rural Development from the University for Development Studies (UDS) in 2010.