A member of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Abdullahi Wammako, (APC-Kware/Wamakko), who died on Friday has been buried according to Islamic rites.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Wammako, 50, died in Abuja after a brief illness.
The Chief of Imam of Wamakko, Alhaji Shehu Ardo, led the funeral prayer conducted at the Wamakko Central Mosque, Wamakko.
The prayer was attended by Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, his predecessor, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, the National Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), North-West, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, members of the National and State Assemblies and the state executive council members.
Until his death, Wammako was the Vice-Chairman, House Committee on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA).
He was the Yariman Abdullahi Wammako and has been representing his constituency in the house since 2011.
Wammako, a younger brother to Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto State), is survived by a wife and five children.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara on Friday while expressing his shock over the late lawmaker’s death said: “Hon Wamakko was a dedicated lawmaker who had the progress of Kware/Wamakko federal constituency, Sokoto State and the entire Nigeria at heart. As we mourn his painful untimely departure, I pray that God will bring solace to his family who will miss him the most and grant him eternal rest”.