Former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu is dead, family sources
confirmed his death.
Mantu died in a private hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday
after falling ill nine days ago.
The deceased was elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) in 1999 to represent Plateau Central Senatorial District in
the National Assembly.
He gathered political relevance in national politics after emerging as the
Deputy Senate President in 1999, a position he held for eight years.
Before his demise, Mantu was a member of the PDP Board of Trustees.
He equally served in many capacities, including the Director-General of
the Defunct National Republican Convention, Presidential campaign
1993; National Chairman, defunct Peoples Democratic Alliance, and
National Publicity Secretary defunct United Nigeria Congress Party.
