Bamanga Tukur Died Three Days Before His Ninety-First Birthday
Yola · Sunday 13 September 2026
Bamanga Tukur died at his Abuja residence around noon on Saturday, at 90, three days short of his 91st birthday. The death was confirmed by his family in a statement signed by his son, Awwal D. Tukur. Funeral prayers were held at the Lamido's Palace in Yola this morning and he was buried afterwards.
A career across four versions of Nigeria
| Role | Era |
|---|---|
| Governor of the old Gongola State | Second Republic |
| Minister of Industries | Military government |
| Business and ports administration | Across decades |
| PDP national chairman | From March 2012, under Goodluck Jonathan |
Gongola no longer exists. It became Adamawa and Taraba in 1991.
Read the tributes as positioning
Vice President Kashim Shettima called him a global star. David Mark said Nigeria will miss the wisdom of its elders. Governor Ahmadu Fintiri declared three days of mourning in Adamawa. These are sincere and they are also a set of politicians from different camps establishing a relationship with a figure everyone can safely praise, four months before a campaign.
In Nigerian public life, a funeral is the one venue where politicians from every side can be photographed agreeing, and none of them will waste it.
What is actually worth marking
A man who held office under a civilian republic, a military government and a democratic party machine, and who died in his own house at 90. That is an unusual career to survive intact, and the durability is the story rather than any single post he held.
Reporting: Channels Television, PM News Nigeria, Vanguard and The Authority.
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