Suleiman Adamu ( - 30 April 2020) was a Nigerian politician. He was serving as a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, representing Nasarawa Central

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, at the time of his death due to

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in April 2020.

Death

Suleiman Adamu died from COVID-19 at

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(FMC) in

Keffi Keffi Local Government Area and a traditional and commercial town in Nasarawa State, north central Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Keffi. Keffi is 50 kilometers from Abuja. Nasarawa State university is located along the Keffi-Akwan ...

Nasarawa State Nasarawa is a States of Nigeria, state in the North Central Nigeria, North Central region of Nigeria, bordered to the east by the states of Taraba State, Taraba and Plateau State, Plateau, to the north by Kaduna State, to the south by the states ...

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, on 30 April 2020. He was buried on 1 May in his hometown, Nasarawa. His test results, which were not completed until after he died, confirmed COVID-19. Adamu was the first recorded fatality from COVID-19 in Nasarawa State during the

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. In response to his death, the state government closed the Nasarawa State House of Assembly building for decontamination and imposed a lockdown on Suleiman Adamu's hometown of Nasarawa to slow the spread of COVID-19.

References

Year of birth missing Date of birth missing 2020 deaths Place of birth missing Members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly People from Nasarawa, Nasarawa State 1963 births Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria {{RiversState-politician-stub