Suleiman Adamu ( - 30 April 2020) was a Nigerian politician. He was serving as a member of the

Nasarawa State House of Assembly The Nasarawa State House of Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Nasarawa State in Nigeria. The House of Assembly consists of 24 members, including a Speaker and Deputy Speaker. The legislature is seated in Lafia Lafia is a town in North C ...

, representing Nasarawa Central

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

, at the time of his death due to

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

in April 2020.

Death

Suleiman Adamu died from COVID-19 at

Federal Medical Centre In Nigeria, primary healthcare is to be provided by Local Governments, secondary health care by State Governments and tertiary health care by the Federal Government. In operationalizing this policy, the Federal Government decided to establish at le ...

(FMC) in

Keffi Keffi is a town in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Keffi. Keffi is 50 kilometers from Abuja. Nasarawa State university is located in Keffi sitting along Keffi-Akwanga express way. It has an area of 138 km and a ...

, Nasarawa State,

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, on 30 April 2020. He was buried on 1 May in his hometown, Nasarawa. His test results, which were not completed until after he died, confirmed COVID-19. Adamu was the first recorded fatality from COVID-19 in Nasarawa State during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. In response to his death, the state government closed the Nasarawa State House of Assembly building for decontamination and imposed a lockdown on Suleiman Adamu's hometown of Nasarawa to slow the spread of COVID-19.

References

Year of birth unknown Date of birth unknown 2020 deaths Place of birth missing Members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly People from Nasarawa, Nasarawa State 1963 births Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria {{Nigeria-politician-stub