Senator Godiya Akwashiki, representing Nasarawa North, has died at the age of 52 yesrs in an Indian hospital.
The lawmaker had been ill for some time and was receiving treatment in an Indian hospital until his death.
Akwashiki, who was born on August 3, 1973, in Angba Iggah, Nasarawa Eggon, served as Majority Leader and Deputy Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly before becoming Senator in 2019 under the All Progressives Congress. He was re-elected in 2023 under the banner of the Social Democratic Party.
Confirming the news, a senior legislative aide to the late Senator, Ajegena Likita Ibrahim, described his death as a “great loss.”
He said they were in touch with family members in India, but arrangements to repatriate Senator Akwashiki’s remains to Nigeria for burial had yet to begin.
