Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, former Nasarawa State governor, has passed on at the age of 75.
Former Nasarawa information commissioner, Mamman Alakayi, said in Lafia that Doma died in an Israeli hospital on Tuesday.
“I got a call from the late governor’s son, Umar, this evening, that Baba Doma died in an Israeli hospital at about 7:45 p.m. Nigerian time,” he said.
Alakayi said that the former governor had gone to the hospital to treat an undisclosed ailment three weeks ago.
“We are currently making arrangement for some family members to travel to Israel and convey the remains back home for burial,” he said.
Doma was the governor of Nasarawa State from 2007 to 2011, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
He hailed from Doma Local Government Area of the state.
Meanwhile, tributes have started coming in and there have been reactions on social media.
The immediate past governor of Nasarawa State, Aliyu Akwe-Doma, is dead. May jannatul firdaus be his final abode
— AA (@Abberhty2) March 6, 2018
May the soul of Alh Aliyu Akwe Doma madauchin doma rest in peace. May Allah grant him jannah and forgive his sins….. Ameen Ameen..
— Surv. Ahmad Adra (@bilkissadra) March 6, 2018
Received the death of the immediate past Governor of Nasarawa State (2007-2011) Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma (Madauchin Doma) with shock.
May Allah grant him eternal rest and give the immediate family the fortitude to bear the irreparable lost.
Adieu Baba.— Abdul Rasheed (@RealAbdulrashid) March 6, 2018
