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Ex-Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu Is Dead At 74
Senator Ibrahim Mantu, a former Senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District and an ex-Deputy President of the Senate has also transitioned to the great beyond, aged 74. Ibrahim Mantu was said to have died on the night of Monday, 16th August at a private hospital in Abuja after nine days of sickness and isolation, though […]
Senator Ibrahim Mantu, a former Senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial District and an ex-Deputy President of the Senate has also transitioned to the great beyond, aged 74.
Ibrahim Mantu was said to have died on the night of Monday, 16th August at a private hospital in Abuja after nine days of sickness and isolation, though many reports have it that he died in the early hours of today, Tuesday.
According to The PUNCH said a family source in his home town of Mangu, Plateau State, confirmed his demise this Tuesday morning, insisting that he died on Monday night in Abuja. “Yes, it’s true. We just received the news of his demise last night at a hospital in Abuja”, the source reportedly said.
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Revealing the cause of his death, the source reportedly said the late Ibrahim Mantu had been ill occasionally and took ill again over the weekend when he came to Jos and was rushed to the hospital where he gave up the ghost. “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”, the source reportedly told The PUNCH. 
The media further reported that Ibrahim Mantu’s close associate and former Commissioner for Information in Plateau State, Yiljap Abraham expressed sadness over his demise, describing the deceased as an open minded communal and national politician who operated beyond religious and ethnic bounds.
The deceased will be buried today according to Islamic rites.
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Ibrahim Mantu had in 2001 been 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. Mantu, who hails from Gindiri District in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, worked in various establishments before joining politics.
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