Suleiman Adamu

Suleiman Adamu ( - 30 April 2020) was a Nigerian politician.

Suleiman Adamu

He was serving as a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, representing Nasarawa Central constituency, at the time of his death due to COVID-19 in April 2020.^[1][2]

Death

Suleiman Adamu died from COVID-19 at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, on 30 April 2020.^[1] He was buried on 1 May in his hometown, Nasarawa.^[3] His test results, which were not completed until after he died, confirmed COVID-19.^[3][4]

Adamu was the first recorded fatality from COVID-19 in Nasarawa State during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.^[1]

In response to his death, the state government closed the Nasarawa State House of Assembly building for decontamination and imposed a lockdown on Suleiman Adamu's hometown of Nasarawa to slow the spread of COVID-19.^[3][5]