The former governor of Yobe State, Abba Ibrahim, is dead. He died in a far-away Saudi-German hospital in Arabia after a protracted illness that kept him away from the public.
A family source who spoke under anonymity posited that he died today (Sunday) at a hospital in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
He had since been buried today, according to Islamic injunctions.
Born in 1949, Bukar Abba Ibrahim was the governor of Yobe State from May 29, 1999, to May 29, 2007.
He earlier served as the pioneer elected governor of the state from January 1992 to November 1993 in the aborted Third Republic.
The deceased was governor between 1999 and 2007. He was also a senator representing the Yobe East senatorial district between 2007 and 2011.
A staunch member of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He was since buried in Saudi Arabia, according to Muslim injunctions. He left behind two wives and 17 children.
