{"id":45480,"date":"2021-06-22T17:52:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=45480"},"modified":"2021-06-22T17:13:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T16:13:18","slug":"apc-chieftain-dankande-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/apc-chieftain-dankande-is-dead","title":{"rendered":"APC chieftain, Dankande is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Alhaji Bello Dankande, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, has died at the age of 56.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Lawal Liman, the state APC caretaker committee chairman disclosed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau, the state capital, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Liman said the deceased died at a private hospital in Gusau after a brief illness on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the entire APC family in the state, I extend our condolences to the APC leader in the state, Alhaji Abdul\u2019aziz Yari and other party stakeholders over the loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also pray to Allah Subhanallahu Wata\u2019ala to grant him Aljannatul Firdausi and give his family fortitude to bear the loss,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dankande was the state\u2019s former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>He was the APC candidate for Dec. 2020 Bakura State House of Assembly By-election and a former Chairman, Bakura local government council.<\/p>\n<p>He was survived by three wives, 20 children and many grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Ekiti election violence show of shame by enemies of Ekiti \u2013 Lawal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Alhaji Bello Dankande, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara, has died at the age of 56. Alhaji Lawal Liman, the state APC caretaker committee chairman disclosed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau, the state capital, on Tuesday. 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