By Our Reporter
The former Vice-President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubarka has sympathised with Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko over the demise of his daughter, Sadiya Magatakarda Wammakko.
Sadiya, died on Thursday at the age of 23 following complications arising from childbirth.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the 2019 presidential election on his twitter handle on Friday wrote, “The death of Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko following complications from childbirth is sad. As a father, it is devastating to lose a daughter.
He continues, “On behalf of my family, I convey my deepest condolences to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko and his family over the loss, I pray that they be comforted.
“May her soul rest in peace and may her memory be a blessing,” he tweeted.
Corerereporters report that she died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto and was buried on Thursday night.
Her funeral prayer was conducted by the Chief Imam of Sultan Bello Juma’at Mosque, Sokoto, Liman Malami Shehu Akwara, at the residence of Senator Wamakko, Sahabi Dange, road, Gawon Nama, Sokoto.
