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23- Year-Old Daughter Of Former Sokoto Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, Dies From Childbirth Complications

23- Year-Old Daughter Of Former Sokoto Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, Dies From Childbirth Complications

 

 

Former Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, on Thursday, lost his daughter, Sadiya Wamakko over complications arising from childbirth.

Sadiya, 23, died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.

She was buried Thursday night at the residence of Senator Wamakko in Sokoto after funeral prayer was led by the Chief Imam of Sultan Bello Juma’at Mosque, Sokoto, Liman Malami Shehu Akwara.

The funeral prayer was attended by Senator Wamakko, former Deputy Governor and National Commissioner, National Population Commission, Alhaji Chiso Abdullahi Dattijo, as well as another former Deputy Governor and Executive Secretary, Police Trust Fund , Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto.

Other dignitaries who attended the funeral  were Magajin Garin Sokoto and Magajin Rafin Sokoto, Alhaji Hassan Danbaba and Alhaji Rilwanu Bello, respectively.

Wamakko is currently the chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti Corruption.

Angela Davies

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