Gov Sule Mourns As APC Chieftain, Sodangi, Dies At 70

An All Progressives Congress (APC), chieftain in Nasarawa State, Senator Abubakar Danso Sodangi, is dead.

The former senator representing Nasarawa West senatorial district died   Sunday night at an Abuja hospital.

He was 70 years old. The late Sodangi was elected senator in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007.

He served as the chairman of Governor Abdullahi Sule’s campaign council which worked for the re-election of the incumbent for a second term.

Meanwhile, Governor Sule has said the demise of the late senator is a big loss for Nasarawa State and Nigeria at large.

In a condolence message he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Monday in Lafia, Governor Sule described him as an icon who left an indelible footprints in the development of the state and the country.

According to him, “My heart is burdened and I am deeply saddened by the news of the passage of my brother and chairman of my campaign council before the primaries in 2019 and during the 2023 gubernatorial election, Senator Abubakar Danso Sodangi, Dan Malikin Nasarawa, who passed away on Sunday night only hours after I was in the hospital to see him.

“Senator Sodangi was not just an elder brother and political associate but a confidant, a lover of peace and harmony among his people and community.

“Senator Sodangi was a committed leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who at all times placed the interest of the party above his personal interests.

“His legislative prowess as representative of  the people of Nasarawa West senatorial district for 12 years was evident.

“No doubt, Nasarawa State has lost one of her political icons and an elder statesmen.”