The lawmaker representing the Bauchi South Senatorial District, Senator Ali Wakili, is dead.

Sources in the Senate revealed that the lawmaker slumped during the early hours of Saturday, March 17, at his Abuja residence in Gwarimpa after which he was taken to a hospital where he finally gave up the ghost.

The Senator according to sources, died before getting an emergency treatment in the hospital he was rushed to.

Wakili, 58, was Chairman of the Senate Committee on Poverty Alleviation.

Until his death, Senator Wakili was a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress.