Former Vice President and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has mourned the passing of elder statesman, Alhaji Bamanga Muhammad Tukur, Tafidan Adamawa.
In a message posted on his official X handle on Sunday, Atiku described Tukur as a distinguished public servant who served Nigeria in several capacities.
‘Nigeria has lost an elder statesman,’ Atiku wrote.
He recalled Tukur’s service at the Nigerian Ports Authority, as Governor of the old Gongola State, as Minister of Industries, and as a champion of African enterprise ‘long before it became fashionable to speak of intra-African trade.’
Atiku said the late Tukur belonged to ‘a generation that understood public service as duty rather than reward.’
The former vice president prayed, ‘May Almighty Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him Aljannah Firdaus.’
He also extended condolences to the Tukur family, the Fombina Emirate, the Government and people of Adamawa State, as well as Tukur’s associates across Nigeria and Africa.
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur died on Saturday, September 11, 2026, at the age of 90.