Dauda Biu

Dauda Ali Biu died on Sunday evening, 11 October 2026, at a hospital in Abuja, Nigeria, at the age of 62. Family sources confirmed the death, and his nephew, Adamu-Isa Gunda, told reporters that arrangements were being made to move his remains from Abuja to Chikaji in Sabon Gari, Zaria, for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.

As of the time of first reports, the specific cause of his death had not been made public, and no official medical statement had been issued by his family or by the FRSC. News organisations covering the story noted that details surrounding the circumstances of his death were still emerging.

News of his passing was announced publicly by Hon. Sadiq Ango Abdullahi, a member of Nigeria's House of Representatives representing Sabon Gari Federal Constituency and Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on FERMA, who said he received the news with a heavy heart and offered prayers for the departed. Tributes from colleagues and community members followed, recalling his decades of service within the Federal Road Safety Corps and his standing as a traditional title holder, the Jagaban Sabon Gari, in his home community.

Funeral and memorial arrangements beyond the planned burial at Chikaji had not been publicly detailed at the time of this report.

Dauda Ali Biu, whose name is also rendered Dauda Aliyu Biu, was born in 1964 in Sabon Gari, the university district of Zaria in Kaduna State, Nigeria. His family traced its roots to Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State, and Biu grew up in the Chikaji area of Sabon Gari, which remained his family home for the rest of his life.

He studied accounting at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, the institution at the heart of his home town, and later returned there for a Master of Business Administration. He qualified as a Certified National Accountant, the professional grounding that shaped his long career in public finance.

Biu joined the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the federal agency responsible for highway safety and traffic enforcement in Nigeria, in 1988. He spent his entire working life inside the organisation, rising steadily through its ranks on the finance side of the service.

In 2014 he became Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Finance and Accounts, and in 2016 he was promoted to Deputy Corps Marshal, overseeing finance at the FRSC national headquarters in Abuja.

In July 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him Acting Corps Marshal following the retirement of Boboye Oyeyemi, who handed the agency over to him. He was later confirmed in the role and led the FRSC until 2024. As Corps Marshal he was the public face of the corps during a period of frequent road tragedies on Nigerian highways, including attacks on and deaths of personnel on duty, which he publicly mourned.

Biu held the traditional title of Jagaban Sabon Gari, a mark of his standing in his home community in Zaria. He was a Muslim, and he was survived by his wife and five children, according to his nephew, Adamu Isa Gunda, who confirmed his death to reporters.

Biu was remembered as a career road safety officer who rose from the ranks to lead the agency he had served for more than three decades. The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, in a condolence message signed by its president, his predecessor Boboye Oyeyemi, described his death as a big loss to the FRSC and to the country. Sadiq Ango Abdullahi, member of the House of Representatives for Sabon Gari, called him a committed nationalist whose service to Nigeria would remain part of his legacy.