Former Deputy Nigerian Senate President Is Dead [Photo]

Former Deputy Nigerian Senate President is dead.

Newsone reports that a former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Ibrahim Mantu is dead.

A report monitored on Daily Trust by Newsone Nigeria, quoted a family source to have confirmed the death of the former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, adding that Mantu died at a private hospital in Abuja after nine days of sickness and isolation.

“He fell ill about nine days ago and was receiving treatment at home but he was rushed to the hospital when there was no sign of improvement,” the source said adding that the funeral prayer would hold later on Tuesday, in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

This online news platform understands that the former Deputy Nigerian Senate President died at about 2am on Tuesday, August 17.

Before his death, Newsone reports that Mantu was one of the notable figures in the nation’s political landscape for many years.

Newsone reports that Mantu was elected Deputy Senate President under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), a position he held till 2007 when he did not return to the senate.

The late former Deputy Nigerian Senate President, who hails from Gindiri District in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, northern Nigeria, worked in various establishments before joining politics.