Former Senator Rafiu Ibrahim dies at 58
Rafiu Ibrahim, who represented Kwara South Senatorial District from 2015 to 2019, is dead.
He was aged 58.
Ibrahim died on Wednesday morning after a brief illness.
He was chairman of the senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions in the 8th national assembly, and lost his bid to retain the Kwara South seat in the 2019 and 2023 elections.
Meanwhile, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said that he received with shock and sadness the death of Ibrahim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The governor sent his heartfelt condolences to the family of the late senator, the people of Ojoku in the Oyun Local Government Area, and the PDP.
In a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, AbdulRazaq said “this shocking development again reminds everyone of the inevitability of death for all human beings and the fact that it could come unannounced for anyone”.
The governor prayed to Allah to admit the senator to al-Jannah Firdaus and give comfort to his family members, political associates, and followers.
The former lawmaker will be buried at the Muslim cemetery in Ilorin today (Wednesday).