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The Zamfara state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC received the sad news of the passing of an elder statesman, Ambassador Muhammad Z Anka in Sokoto as a result of a brief illness.
In a statement Signed by Yusuf Idris Gusau
APC Publicity Secretary Zamfara State made available to news men revealed that
On behalf of the entire members of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC, the Chairman, Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani wishes to extend his condolences to the immediate and extended family members of the late Muhammad Z.Anka
A wise politician and gentleman, the deceased who was Nigeria’s one-time ambassador to Libya, has left a lasting legacy in the history of our dear state.
Late Anka was a People’s Democratic Party PDP Gubernatorial Candidate at the begining of civilian regime in 1998 in Zamfara State.
He will strongly remembered for his significant contributions to the creation of Zamfara State out of the old Sokoto state in 1996, after which he ventured into the state’s governorship race under the PDP but lost to the APP in kick-starting civilian administration in Zamfara.
MZ Anka was an elder statesman whose contributions to the development of Zamfara and the old Sokoto states will remain indelible in the minds of many citizens of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Nigeria as a whole.
His boldness and fearless nature of telling the truth was quite unique, which earned him much respect among his peers
We pray Almighty Allah to reward his soul will Jannaatu Firdausi and give his family the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss aamiin.
Late Muhammad Z Anka who died at the age of 81 years, left behind two wives, 13 children and many grandchildren and was also the Magajin Garin Anka who also passed through Sokoto Middle School and the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria in his educational career.
