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Ex-Senator, Abubakar Sodangi Dies, Buried In Nasarawa

Late Senator Abubakar Sodangi 

A three-term Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Sen. Abubakar Danso Sodangi is dead. 

The former chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nasarawa died on Sunday night, March 10, 2024, at an Abuja hospital.

He was aged 70.

In accordance with Islamic rites, Sodangi was laid to rest in his country home, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on March 11, 2024. 

Condolences Pour For Sodangi
At the funeral rites of the late senator on Monday in Nasarawa, Gov. Abdullahi Sule enjoined his family and the people of Nasarawa Local Government Area (LGA) to take solace in God.

He said that God gives life and takes at will, just as he encouraged them to see Sen. Sodangi’s death as the will of God.

The governor condoled the Emir of Nasarawa, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibrin and the entire Nasarawa LGA over the demise and prayed God to forgive his shortcoming and grant him Aljanatu Firdausi.

The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Mr Danladi Jatau stated that the death of Sodangi was a great loss to the entire state and the country at large.

“On behalf of myself, family, principal officers and staff of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, I condole with the family and the entire state over the death of Sen. Abubakar Sodangi.

“Sodangi represented us well while in the National Assembly. He contributed a lot to the development of the state and the country at large,” he added.

The speaker urged the family to take solace in God.

Chief Imam of Nasarawa Central Mosque, Mallam Yahaya Danbaba while performing the funeral rite, called on Muslims and other Nigerians to live a life worthy of emulation while on earth.

Briefly
Before his death, Sodangi served as the Chairman of the Campaign Council for the re-election of Governor Abdullahi Sule in 2023.

He was elected a Senator in the Nasarawa West Constituency of Nasarawa State in May 1999 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007.

Late Sodangi served for three consecutive times as a Senator from 1999 to 2011.

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