The Margi Without Border Worldwide has mourned the death of former Governor of the defunct Gongola State and former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Dr. Bamanga Tukur, describing him as a detribalised Nigerian, global business icon and a unifying father figure.
The group, in a condolence statement issued on Monday, September 14, 2026, described the death of the elder statesman, popularly known as Tafida Adamawa, as the fall of a “colossal Iroko tree” whose contributions to Adamawa State and Nigeria would remain indelible.
Signed by Cdr. Yauba Dahiru Duhu (Rtd.), Public Relations Officer of the Central Planning Committee (CPC), the statement conveyed the organisation’s condolences to the Adamawa State Government, the people of the state and the family of the late elder statesman.
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