Former Governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, is dead.
He died in an Israeli hospital at the age of 75.
According to former Commissioner for Information in the state, Mamman Alakayi, the late governor’s son, Umar, called Tuesday evening to inform him about the death.
He said Doma died at about 7.45 p.m.
Alakayi said that the former governor had gone to the hospital to treat an undisclosed ailment three weeks ago.
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“We are currently making arrangement for some family members to travel to Israel and convey the remains back home for burial,” he said.
He was the governor of Nasarawa State from 2007 to 2011, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Born on September 1, 1942 in Doma Local Government of Nasarawa State, he attended the University of Ibadan from 1964–1966, and also attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1976.
The former governor obtained a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in 2002.
He worked in the old Plateau civil service from 1976 to 1983, and rose to the position of a Permanent Secretary.
He was a Deputy Governor of Plateau State, and was later elected Governor of Nasarawa State. (NAN)
