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Just In: Three-time senator, Abubakar Sodangi dies at 70

Last updated: March 11, 2024 12:40 pm
2 years ago BY MWUESE SHAKYAA
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ABUBAKAR SODANGI
Late Senator Abubakar Sodangi

Former federal lawmaker, Senator Abubakar Sodangi who successfully chaired the recent re-election campaign of Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule is dead.

The three-term senator who represented Nasarawa West from 1999-2011, died in the early hours of Monday, March 11, 2024 at the age of 70 years following a brief illness and had been diabetic.

The former senator was a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP before moving to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC where he served as Chairman of the Campaign Council for the 2023 re-election of Governor Abdullahi Sule.

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Senator Sodangi was also the traditional title holder of Dan-malikin Nasarawa.

The remains of the former federal legislator would be buried in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Monday, March 11.

(Editor: Terverr Tyav)

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