Former Deputy National Chairman of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Babayo Gamawa, is dead.<\/p>\n
His spokesperson, Isa Gadau, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that Gamawa died on Friday night in Bauchi, after a brief illness.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe complained of slight stomach ache and was taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, where he was admitted and later passed away.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am now heading to his house,\u201d Gadau said.<\/p>\n
It would be recalled that Sen. Gamawa defected to the ruling APC prior to the 2019 general elections.<\/p>\n
Born on Feb. 2, 1966, he attended the University of Jos, where he obtained a National Certificate in Purchasing and Supply.<\/p>\n
He had served as the Speaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly and later Deputy Governor following the impeachment of the then Deputy Governor, late Alhaji Mohammed Gadi.<\/p>\n
In 2011, he was elected Senator under the platform of the PDP in the 7th National Assembly; where he served as the Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation and a member of the Land Transport Committee.<\/p>\n
He is married with children.<\/p>\n
His burial arrangement is yet to be announced by his family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Deputy National Chairman of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Babayo Gamawa, is dead. His spokesperson, Isa Gadau, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that Gamawa died on Friday night in Bauchi, after a brief illness. \u201cHe complained of slight stomach ache and was taken to the Abubakar Tafawa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":11546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[463,209,65,53],"class_list":["post-11545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-bauchi","tag-governor","tag-pdp","tag-senate"],"yoast_head":"\n