The House of Representatives has adjourned plenary till Thursday, 12th October in honour of the member representing Isa/Sabon Birni federal constituency of Sokoto State, Hon. AbdulKadii Jelani Danbuga, who died Tuesday evening. He was 63.
At a plenary presided over on Wednesday by the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, the House deferred the day’s order of business till Thursday to allow members to mourn their departed colleague in line with parliamentary tradition.
Kalu said: “The House of Representatives regrets to announce the death of Hon. Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga, the member representing Isa/Sabon Birni Federal Constituency of Sokoto State in the Green Chamber.
“The House commiserates with all those he left behind, and prays God comforts his family, constituents, and the entire people of Sokoto State, and grants the late parliamentarian peaceful repose of his soul. Amen”, he said.
Danbuga was elected to the Green Chamber last April on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
