By Saidu Idris
365Daily – The Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture, Alhaji Arzika Tureta, has died at the age of 62.
He died after a protracted illness.
The deceased passed on in the early hours of Monday, May 24, 2021, at the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital (UDUS), leaving two wives and seven children behind.
Tureta was an ex-lawmaker who represented Tureta Local Government Area in the Sokoto State House of Assembly and later Bodinga/DangeShuni/Tureta, Federal Constituency at the National Assembly.
He also served as a Commissioner during former Gov. Aliyu Wamakko’s administration for eight years before he was reappointed by Gov. Aminu Tambuwal for an additional six years.
He will be buried according to Muslim rites in his hometown, Tureta.