Kawu Peto Dukku

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Nigerian politician

Born(1958-01-14)14 January 1958

Died2 April 2010(2010-04-02) (aged 52)

Kawu Peto Dukku

Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Gombe State North District
In office 29 May 2007 – 2 April 2010
Preceded by	Tawar Umbi Wada
Succeeded by	Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali
Speaker, Gombe State House of Assembly
In office 2003–2007

Personal details
Born	(1958-01-14)14 January 1958 Gombe State, Nigeria
Died	2 April 2010(2010-04-02) (aged 52)

Kawu Peto Dukku (14 January 1958 – 2 April 2010) was elected Senator for the Gombe North constituency of Gombe State, Nigeria, taking office on 29 May 2007. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP).^[1]

Dukku was born on 14 January 1958 and gained a Higher National Diploma in Business Administration.^[1]

Career and politics

He began his working career as a teacher. Later he joined the Goal Star Oil Company in Maiduguri.^[2] He was elected to the Gombe State House of Assembly in 1999 and was reelected in 2003, when he was made speaker.^[1]

After being elected to the Senate in 2007, Dukku was appointed deputy Chairman of the Senate committee on States and local governments.^[1] He was also appointed a member of the Senate Committees on Aviation and Sports.^[3] In a mid-term evaluation of Senators in May 2009, ThisDay noted that he had not sponsor any bills, but co-sponsored seven motions, contributed to debates in plenary and was active in committee work.^[4] Another source described him as largely a quiet senator who rarely spoke at Senate plenary.^[3]^[5]

Death

Dukku died in Kaduna after a brief illness on 2 April 2010.^[1] He was survived by six children, three wives and an aged mother.^[6]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Sheriff Balogun (11 April 2010). "Gombe - Two Deaths Too Many". ThisDay. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
↑ ABDUL-RAHMAN ABUBAKAR & TURAKI A. HASSAN & ALIYU M. HAMAGAM (4 April 2010). "Senator Kawu Peto dies at 52, laid to rest". Daily Trust. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
1 2 "Another Senator Dies". Vanguard. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
↑ "An Improved Senate, But Some Uninspiring Senators..." ThisDay. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
↑ "Another senator dies". Vanguard. Nigeria. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
↑ Sufuyan Ojeifo And Segun Awofadeji (4 April 2010). "Gombe Buries Second Senator in One Week". ThisDay. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 6th National Assembly (2007–2011)

Abia	S Enyinnaya Abaribe Harcourt (PDP) C Nkechi Justina Nwaogu (PDP) N Uche Chukwumerije (PPA)
Abuja	FCT Adamu Sidi Ali (PDP)
Adamawa	S Grace Folashade Bent (PDP) C Jubril Aminu (PDP) N Mohammed Mana (PDP)
Akwa Ibom	NW Aloysius Akpan Etok (PDP) NE Effiong Dickson Bob (PDP) S Eme Ufot Ekaette (PDP)
Anambra	C Annie Okonkwo (PDP) S Ikechukwu Obiorah (PDP) N Joy Emodi (PDP) (annulled) Alphonsus Obi Igbeke (ANPP)
Bauchi	C Mohammed A Muhammed (ANPP) N Sulaiman Mohammed Nazif (AD) S Bala Mohammed (ANPP)
Bayelsa	W Heineken Lokpobiri (PDP) E Nimi Barigha-Amange (PDP) C Emmanuel Paulker (PDP)
Benue	S David Mark (PDP) NW George Akume (PDP) NE Joseph Akaagerger (PDP)
Borno	C Kaka Mallam Yale (ANPP) N Maina Maaji Lawan (ANPP) S Omar Hambagda (ANPP)
Cross River	S Bassey Ewa-Henshaw (PDP) N Gregory Ngaji (PDP) C Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP)

Delta	S James Manager (PDP) N Patrick Osakwe (A) C Adego Erhiawarie Eferakeya (PDP)
Ebonyi	N Anthony Agbo (PDP) S Anyimchukwu Ude (PDP) C Julius Ucha (PDP)
Edo	S Ehigie Edobor Uzamere (PDP) C Odion Ugbesia (PDP) N Yisa Braimoh (PDP)
Ekiti	C Adefemi Kila (PDP) (Annulled) C Festus Olabode Ola (AC) N Ayodele S. Arise (PDP) S Sola Akinyede (PDP)
Enugu	N Ayogu Eze (PDP) E Chimaroke Nnamani (PDP) W Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)
Gombe	C Audu Idris Umar (PDP) N Kawu Peto Dukku (PDP) (died) Sa'idu Ahmed Alkali S Tawar Umbi Wada (PDP)
Imo	E Chris Anyanwu (PDP) W Osita Izunaso (PDP) N Sylvester Anyanwu (PDP)
Jigawa	NE Abdulaziz Usman (PDP) NW Ibrahim Saminu Turaki (PDP) SW Mujitaba Mohammed Mallam (PDP)
Kaduna	N Ahmed Makarfi (PDP) S Caleb Zagi (PDP) C Mohammed Kabiru Jibril (PDP)

Kano	N Aminu Sule Garo (ANPP) (nullified) N Bello Hayatu Gwarzo (PDP) S Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya (ANPP) C Mohammed Adamu Bello (ANPP)
Katsina	S Garba Yakubu Lado (PDP) C Ibrahim M. Ida (PDP) N Mahmud Kanti Bello (PDP)
Kebbi	S Abubakar Tanko Ayuba (PDP) C Adamu Aliero (PDP) Abubakar Atiku Bagudu (PDP) N Umaru Argungu (PDP)
Kogi	E Nicholas Ugbane (PDP) C Otaru Salihu Ohize (AC) W Smart Adeyemi (PDP)
Kwara	C Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki (PDP) N Ahmed Mohammed Inuwa (PDP) S Simon Ajibola (PDP)
Lagos	E Adeleke Mamora (AC) W Ganiyu Solomon (AC) C Munirudeen Adekunle Muse (AC)
Nasarawa	W Abubakar Sodangi(PDP) N Patricia Akwashiki (ANPP) S Suleiman Adokwe (PDP)
Niger	E Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (PDP) N Nuhu Aliyu Labbo (PDP) S Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (PDP)
Ogun	W Felix Kolawole Bajomo (PDP) C Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello (PDP) E Ramoni Olalekan Mustapha (PRP)

Ondo	N Bode Olajumoke (PDP) C Gbenga Ogunniya (PDP) S Hosea Ehinlanwo (PDP)
Osun	W Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke (PDP) E Iyiola Omisore (PDP) C Simeon Oduoye (PDP)
Oyo	N Andrew Babalola (PDP) S Kamorudeen Adekunle Adedibu (PDP) C Teslim Folarin (PDP)
Plateau	N Gyang Dalyop Datong (PDP) S John Nanzip Shagaya (PDP) C Satty Davies Gogwim (PDP)
Rivers	E George Thompson Sekibo (PDP) SE Lee Maeba (PDP) W Wilson Asinobi Ake (PDP)
Sokoto	E Abubakar Umar Gada (PDP) N Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (PDP) S Umaru Dahiru (PDP)
Taraba	N Anthony George Manzo (PDP) C Dahiru Bako Gassol (PDP) S Joel Danlami Ikenya (PDP)
Yobe	N Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan (ANPP) E Bukar Ibrahim (ANPP) S Adamu Garba Talba (PDP)
Zamfara	W Ahmad Rufai Sani (ANPP) C Hassan Muhammed Gusau (ANPP) N Sahabi Alhaji Yaú (ANPP)

President: David Mark (PDP)
Deputy President: Ike Ekweremadu (PDP)

See also: Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 5th National Assembly (2003–2007); Members of the Senate of Nigeria in the 7th National Assembly (2011–2015)

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