Buhari mourns ex-dep senate president Ibrahim Mantu

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of the late former deputy senate president, Ibrahim Mantu.

Special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed this on Tuesday in a statement.

The president commiserates with leaders and members of the national assembly, friends and political associates of the former deputy senate president, who dedicated most of his life to the service of his people.

He also prayed for the repose of the soul of the departed, saying that Mantu’s legacy of reconciliation and promotion of peaceful co-existence will always be remembered, especially in bringing more harmony in his state and the country at large.

Also, Plateau governor Simon Lalong has described Mantu’s death as a great loss to the state.

Lalong said the state will miss the voice of peace and unity as well as an advocate of social cohesion and tolerance, which the late deputy senate represented particularly during the trying moments of its history.

A family source said the late plateau central senator died at a private hospital in Abuja after nine days of sickness and isolation.

He informed Mantu died around 2am on Tuesday.

The source added the funeral prayer would hold today in Abuja.