Former Nigerian Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, is dead. He died in the early hours of Tuesday.
“He has been ill occasionally for some time and when he came to Jos last weekend, the illness started again and he was rushed to the hospital. Unfortunately, he could not make it. We will miss him,” a source said.
His close associate and former Commissioner for Information in Plateau State, Yiljap Abraham, who expressed sadness over his demise, described the senator as an open minded communal and national politician who operated beyond religious and ethnic bounds.
“Distinguished Senator Mantu carried himself in great dignity all through his lifetime.
“He was open to all and in his early upbringing in Gindiri; he played the role that touched and connected people. He thought of the general good. He was a politician with charismatic difference. Surely, we will miss him,” Yiljap stated.
Mantu represented Plateau Central in his days at the Nigerian senate.