SDP NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
Press Statement
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SDP GRIEVES OVER THE DEATH OF SENATOR GODIYA AKWASHIKI
The Acting National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Dr. Sadiq Umar Abubakar Gombe, and members of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) nationwide, have received with great shock, the greatly devastating news of the passing of Senator Godiya Akwashiki, elected into the 10th National Assembly under the banner of the SDP,, representing Nasarawa North, Nasarawa State.
Senator Godiya Akwashiki, a member of the 9th National Assembly (2019 -2023), was re-elected on the platform of the Social Democratic Party for his second term in 2023.
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A successful political figure in Nasarawa State, he was previously elected as a member of the State House of Assembly and served as Majority Leader and later became the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
Senator Godiya Akwashiki served the Nigerian Senate as Chairman, Senate Committee on Inter-parliamentary Affairs, Vice Chairman, Media and Public Affairs, and Chair of the Senate Committee on Airforce.
He is reputed to have made remarkable impact in the soci-political development of Nasarawa North and the state in general as a strong grassroots political figure.
His death has created a vacuum in the SDP and will be greatly missed by the Party, as well as by his people in Nasarawa North, Constituency, and in the political firmament of the State.
The Party expresses condolences to his family, the people of Nasarawa North, and the government of the state.
We pray that his soul finds repose and that God will grant his family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
Araba Rufus Aiyenigba, National Publicity Secretary, SDP
31:12:2025
(DEMOCRACY NEWSLINE NEWSPAPER, JANUARY 1ST 2026)
