Badamasi Maccido was elected federal Senator for the Sokoto North constituency of Sokoto State

Sokoto State

Sokoto State is located in the extreme northwest of Nigeria, near to the confluence of the Sokoto River and the Rima River. As of 2005 it has an estimated population of more than 4.2 million...

, Nigeria

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 in April 2003 on the All Nigeria People's Party

All Nigeria People's Party

The All Nigeria Peoples Party is a conservative political party in Nigeria. At the last legislative elections , the party won 27.0% of the popular vote and 92 out of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 out of 109 seats in the Senate...

 (ANPP) platform.
He died in a plane crash in October 2006.

Maccido was born in 1961, son of the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammadu Maccido, and went to school at Federal Government College Sokoto.
He graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University

Ahmadu Bello University

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, Zaria

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 with a Bsc in Building Engineering.
He once served as a Sokoto State commissioner in the administration of Governor Attahiru Bafarawa

Attahiru Bafarawa

Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa was governor of Sokoto State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.-Early career:He was a local government councillor in charge of Education...

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Maccido was elected Senator for Sokoto North, taking his seat in May 2003.
In April 2005 the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) arraigned Maccido and others for involvement in an alleged N55 million budget bribe scam.
Also charged were former Senate President Adolphus Wabara

Adolphus Wabara

Adolphus Ndaneweh Wabara is a former Nigerian senator who represented the People's Democratic Party in Abia State. He became a senator in 1999, and was president of the Senate of Nigeria from 2003 to 2005, he continued his tenure as a senator until 2007 when he stepped down.-Background:Adolphus...

 and former Education Minister Fabian Osuji

Fabian Osuji

Professor Fabian Ngozichukwu Chinedum Osuji was the Federal Minister of Education in Nigeria from July 2003 until March 2005.-Early career:...

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They were said to have demanded, received and shared N55 million to facilitate the passage of Education ministry's budget.
After extended legal battles, on 1 June 2010 a full panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja

Abuja

Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...

 quashed all the charges, discharged and acquitted the accused. In Maccido's case, the acquittal was posthumous.

Maccido was killed in the crash of ADC Airlines Flight 53

ADC Airlines Flight 53

Aviation Development Company Airlines Flight 53 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by ADC Airlines that crashed on 29 October 2006 shortly after take-off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, at around noon local time . Immediately after takeoff from Abuja, the Boeing...

with his father and his son, Umaru, on 29 October 2006.
The plane, which was said to be in a poor state of maintenance, crashed in a storm shortly after take-off.