Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ibrahim Mantu is dead.
According to family sources, Senator Mantu passed on in the early hours of today, Tuesday at a private hospital in Abuja. He was aged 74 years.
Mantu was said to have been admitted at the hospital four days ago, after falling ill.
He served in many capacities during his lifetime, including being Amirul Hajj twice between 2005 and 2006.
He was also the Chairman Palliative Consolidated Committee to help address the socio-economic issues raised by the Nigeria Labour Congress. His input helped end the nationwide planned strike.
Late Senator Mantu was alleged to be one of those that championed the failed third-term-bid in the twilight of the Obasanjo administration.
Before his death on August 17, 2021, Senator Ibrahim Mantu was an active member of the Board of Trustees and National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party.
His funeral rights will hold today at the Apo Cemetery, Abuja.
