Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described as “devastating” the loss of a daughter in allusion to Sadiya Wamakko, daughter of a former governor of Sokoto State, Senator Aliyu Wamakko who died on Thursday following complications arising from childbirth.
“The death of Sadiya Magatakarda Wamakko following complications from childbirth is sad. As a father, it is devastating to lose a daughter,” Atiku tweeted on Friday.
The former presidential candidate added: “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.”
Sadiya, 23, died at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
She was buried according to Islamic rites on Thursday night at Wamakko’s residence in Sokoto.
