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Late Rep Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga
The House of Representatives member representing Isa-Sabon Birni federal constituency of Sokoto State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga, is dead.
A Daily Trust report this Wednesday morning, October 11, 2023, quoted Aminu Almustapha (a.k.a Boza), member, representing Sabon Birni South constituency at the Sokoto State House of Assembly, as confirming the death to its reporter.
According to Boza, the federal lawmaker died around 12:30 am on Wednesday after a brief illness.
He was said to have been admitted in the hospital around Tuesday noon.
“His remains would be taken to the National Mosque for the bathing ritual after which it would be flown to Sokoto for burial around 11am,” Almustapha said.
Danbuga is survived by two wives, many children and grandchildren.
