One of the Northern Senators that fought former President Obasanjo third-term agenda, Senator Yushau Muhammad Anka (Turakin Anka) is dead.
He died today in Abuja after protracted illness.
He is an in-law to former governor of Zamfara state, Senator Ahmed Sani Yariman Bakura.
His jana’iza will be conducted at National Mosque, Abuja tomorrow (Tuesday) after Zuhr prayers.
Senator Anka’a biography according to Wikipedia
Alhaji Yushau Mohammed Anka (born April 1950) was elected Senator for the Zamfara West Constituency of Zamfara State, Nigeria at the start of the Nigerian Fourth Republic, running on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) platform. He held office from May 1999 to May 2007.
Yushau Mohammed Anka (Turakin Zamfara) Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from Zamfara State West District In office from
29 May 1999 – 29 May – 2007.
Anka was born in April 1950, and gained an M.Sc in Business Administration. He was elected National Financial Secretary for the National Republican Convention (NRC) party during the Nigerian Third Republic.
After taking his seat in the Senate in June 1999, he was appointed to committees on Ethics, Foreign Affairs, Police Affairs (vice-chairman), Commerce, Internal Affairs and Government Affairs. In August 2001, he said the Federal Government’s Poverty Alleviation Programme was just distributing cash to political supporters rather than alleviating poverty. Anka changed over to the ANPP platform for his second Senate term. In May 2006, Senator Anka spoke against the proposal to change the constitution so President Olusegun Obasanjo could run for a third four-year term.
May his soul rest in peace