Badamasi Maccido (1961 – 29 October 2006) was elected federal Senator for the Sokoto North constituency of Sokoto State, Nigeria in April 2003 on the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) platform.
They were said to have demanded, received and shared N55 million to facilitate the passage of Education ministry's budget.[4]
After extended legal battles, on 1 June 2010 a full panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja quashed all the charges, discharged and acquitted the accused. In Maccido's case, the acquittal was posthumous.[5]
Death
Maccido was killed in the crash of ADC Airlines Flight 53 with his father and his son, Umaru, on 29 October 2006.[6]
The plane, which was said to be in a poor state of maintenance, crashed in a storm shortly after take-off.[7]