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Former Deputy Senate President during former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration Sen. Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu has died.
A source told our correspondent that Sen. Mantu died on Tuesday morning in an Abuja Hospital after brief illness. He was 74.
The Deputy Senate President is believed to have been one of the heroes that allegedly thwarted third term bid of former President Olusegun Obasnjo in 2006.
He also masterminded the declaration of the State of Emergency in Plateau State in 2004.
More details later…