Another senator from Gombe State,
Senator Kawu Peto Dukku is dead. He was aged 52.
Dukku who represented Gombe North in the Senate died on Friday in Kaduna where he
had gone to join his family for the one week Easter break declared by
the Senate.
Dukku’s death is coming barely two days after Senator Tawa Wada who represented Gombe
South passed on Wednesday at the National Hospital, Abuja.
With the death of the two lawmakers in the same week, Gombe now has only two
representatives in the Senate..
Both senators participated in the screening of the new ministers who were cleared on
Thursday.
Confirming Dukku’s dead, Senator Ayogu Eze, Chairman Senate committee on
Information and Media in a statement today (Saturday) said the Senate
would miss him for his humility and calmness in the Senate.
The statement reads’ “We announce with sadness the sudden death of our dear colleague,
Senator. Kawu Peto Dukku, who until his death on Friday April 2, 2010
represented Gombe North in the Senate. He died in Kaduna where he had
gone to join his family for the one-week Easter break of the Senate. We
will miss his humility and calmness. May his soul rest in peace.”
Dukku who was elected into the Senate in June 2007 on the platform of the ruling
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was also the Speaker of Gombe State House
of Assembly from 2003 to 2007.
He was until his death the Vice Chairman Senate Committee on States and Local Government
Affairs.