BEVERLY HILLS, March 17, (THEWILL) – Senator Ali Wakil, the Senator representing Bauchi South died Saturday at the age of 58.
THEWILL gathered that the politician died Saturday morning at his Abuja residence. Cause of death remains unknown as at press time.
Senator Wakil has been buried at the Gudu District Cemetary in Abuja after Islamic rites were done at the National Mosque with politicians as well as Senate President, Bukola Saraki and leaders of the Senate in attendance.
Wakil, a member of the All Progressives Congress, was educated at Government Secondary School in Damaturu. He also went to Bauchi School of Arts and Science and Bayero University, in Kano, where he passed out with a Bachelor of Arts in 1982. He retired as a Comptroller of Customs before venturing into politics.
President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement described his death as “an incalculable loss to Nigeria’s democracy” because his “dedication to duty was remarkable and worthy of emulation.”
Buhari said that the death of the senator came as a great shock to him, adding that his dedication to duty would remain one of the greatest virtues for which the deceased would be remembered.
According to President Buhari, “the passion for duty was one of the finest qualities of late Senator Wakil,” as he urged other democratically elected leaders to borrow a leaf from the deceased’s record of dedication.
The President, while praying to Allah to bless the soul of the departed senator, also extended his condolences to his family, his colleagues in the National Assembly, as well as the government and people of Bauchi State over this great loss to the country.
The President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki in a tweet also expressed sadness over the death of Senator Wakil, who was the chairman of the Senate committee on Poverty Alleviation.
