The Senator representing the FCT, Philip Tanimu Aduda, has lost his father, Bishop Tanimu Aduda.
A legislative aide to Sen Aduda, Samuel Shekwolo, who confirmed the death through telephone, said late Bishop Aduda died at the age of 76 in the early hours of Wednesday at a private hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.
Mr Shekwolo said the remains of the late Aduda had been deposited in the morgue as his family made arrangements for burial.
City News learnt that the late Aduda was the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Gwagwalada in the FCT.
