The Senator representing Bauchi South District, Malam Ali Wakili,(APC) passed away in the early hours of Saturday. One of his aides, Malam Lalaye Suleiman, a Personal Assistant, who confirmed his death to the News men in Bauchi, said the lawmaker died in his Abuja residence after brief ailment. He said the deceased would be buried in Abuja, and that his family and relations had left Bauchi to attend the funeral prayers. Wakili, aged 58 and a retired Comptroller of Customs, defeated the former Governor of the State, Malam Isa Yuguda during the 2015 elections, to become the senator representing Bauchi South. He attended Lere Primary School in Tafawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State from 1965 to 1972, proceeded to Government Secondary, School Damaturu in the then Borno, from 1972 to 1977,where he obtained his Senior School Certificate. From 1977 to 1979, he attended Bauchi College of Arts and Science and sub...