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Senator Godiya Akwashiki, representing Nasarawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has died at the age of 52.
Family sources confirmed on Thursday that Akwashiki died on Wednesday, 31 December 2025, at a hospital in India, where he had been receiving treatment for a prolonged illness.
According to the family, the senator had been ill since his re-election in 2023 and was hospitalised at different times in Nigeria, the United Kingdom and India. The nature of his illness was not disclosed.
“Since in the history of Nasarawa North, Sen. Akwashiki was the best Senator Nasarawa North ever produced due to his purposeful leadership,” the source said.
“His projects are in every nook and cranny of the constituency, as he was the only Senator that re-contested and won for a second term in the zone.”
Akwashiki was first elected to the Senate in 2019 and won re-election in 2023, becoming the only senator from Nasarawa North to secure two consecutive terms since the creation of Nasarawa State. He was elected on the Social Democratic Party (SDP) platform.
Before his election to the National Assembly, Akwashiki served several terms in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly. He rose to become Majority Leader and later Deputy Speaker of the House.
The burial arrangements have not yet been disclosed by the family.
