Suleiman Adamu, a Nigerian politician, died from COVID-19 at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, on April 30, 2020.
He was serving as a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, representing Nasarawa Central constituency, at the time of his death due to COVID-19 in April 2020.
Adamu was buried on May 1 in his hometown, Nasarawa. His test results, which were not completed until after he died, confirmed COVID-19.
Adamu was the first recorded fatality from coronavirus disease 2019 in Nasarawa State during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria.
In response to his death, the state government closed the Nasarawa State House of Assembly building for decontamination and imposed a lockdown on Suleiman Adamu’s hometown of Nasarawa to slow the spread of COVID-19.