Deputy President of the Senate Ovie Omo-Agege has expressed shock over the death of the daughter of former governor of Sokoto state, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko.
Wammako, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence, lost his daughter, Sadiya, at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, on Thursday, following complications associated with childbirth.
Omo-Agege, in a condolence statement in Abuja Friday, expressed sadness but prayed to God Almighty to comfort his grieving colleague and grant him the fortitude to bear the loss.
“I feel personally hurt. In this part of the world, infant and maternal mortality have cost us so dearly with many families bearing long-term psychological scars and we must all renew efforts towards further curbing the problem.
“I pray that Almighty Allah, maker of heaven and earth and all that exist therein, grant our dear Senator Wammako and members of his family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss,” he said.
