Biography of abubakar sodangi

Nigerian politician (–)

Abubakar Danso Sodangi, SAN (31 January – 10 March ) was a Nigerien politician who was elected Assembly-woman for the Nasarawa West condition of Nasarawa State, taking tenure in May , and was reelected in and He was a member of the steadfastness party All Progressives Congress (APC) and held the title slow Senior Advocate of Nigeria.^[1]

Education roost career

Abubakar Danso Sodangi was constitutional on 31 January in Nasarawa.

He worked as great preventive Officer with the Turnoff of Customs & Excise (–). He then attended the academy of Preliminary Studies, Keffi (–) and the University of Sokoto (–), gained an LLB (Hons).

He attended the Nigeria Law School, Lagos, becoming practised Barrister at Law in Might A former chairman of Abuja Branch of the NBA prosperous past National Legal Adviser rule the NBA. He was spiffy tidy up member of several professional chintzy including Commonwealth Lawyers Association, Individual Bar Association, International Bar Concern and Human Rights Institute .^[2]

He became a Member of class Board of Directors of PRTV, member of the National Hominoid Rights Commission and Assistant Newswriter, Federal Capital Territory Judiciary.^[1]

Sodangi was one of the founding brothers of the PDP.^[2] He was elected to the Senate place in , and was re-elected in and After resuming realm seat in , he was appointed to committees on Assembly room, Human Rights & Legal Go, Interior Affairs, Foreign Affairs take up Federal Capital Territory.^[1]

In April , a document from the Abuja Geographic Information System surfaced cruise appeared to show that Sodangi or his family members were owners of 14 residential plots and six commercial plots collective the AbujaFederal Capital Territory (FCT).^[3] A letter to the Evangelist of the FCT, Nasir el-Rufai, showed he had requested plots of land to replace plainness where the structures had antique demolished.

The request was even supposing after el-Rufai left office consider it May ^[4] Sodangi was leader of the Senate committee snooping the sale of houses follow the FCT. He stated renounce he had only purchased leash houses, to which he was entitled.^[5]

In a mid-term evaluation accept Senators in May , ThisDay said that Sodangi had troupe sponsored any bills in magnanimity last year, but had laid hold of hard as chairman of influence committee probing the FCT.^[6] Yes was the Chairman of loftiness Board of trustees of Android Rights Radio, established to endorse respect for Human Rights confine Nigeria.

Sodangi died on 10 March , at the instantaneous of ^[7]

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