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House Of Reps Deputy Majority Leader Dies At 58

  Advertisement Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Buba Jibrin, has died at the age of 58. The member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency … Continue reading House Of Reps Deputy Majority Leader Dies At 58


APC Mourns Reps Member, Buba Jibril
File photo: Late Buba Jibril

 

Deputy Leader of the House of Representatives, Umar Buba Jibrin, has died at the age of 58.

The member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives died in Abuja in the early hours of Friday, March 30.

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara in a statement on Friday announced the death of the lawmaker.

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Dogara in the statement said Honorable Buba died ‘after a long protracted illness.’ He described the deceased lawmaker as an upright man and hard-working lawmaker.

Jibrin was a onetime speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly.

He will be buried later today in Lokoja after the Jummat prayer.