Ex-PDP chair Tukur buried, Obasanjo, Dangote, Fintiri pay tributes

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has been buried in Yola, Adamawa State. According to the Punch, he died at the age of 90, just before his 91st birthday.

Tributes were paid to Tukur by several dignitaries, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Aliko Dangote, and Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, who attended his burial. The Daily Post Nigeria reported that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, described Tukur as a distinguished statesman whose decades of service to Nigeria had left an enduring legacy.

The burial, which was conducted according to Islamic rites, was attended by several notable figures, including Senator Iya Abbas and former Governor Jibrilla Bindow, as reported by Daily Trust. Tukur had a long and distinguished career in public service, politics, governance, business, and national development, and his legacy is said to stretch well beyond his political career, as described by former Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State.

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