The All Progressive Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Jigawa South West, Tijjani Ibrahim has has died.
He died in a Chinese hospital where he was undergoing treatment for lung infection.
The deceased who died on Saturday was hospitalized earlier at an Abuja hospital before he was flown out to China when his condition deteriorated.
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The Jigawa State Governor, Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar who confirmed the report in a statement issued through his media aide, Habibu Kila, said Mr Ibrahim’s death “is a great loss not only to his family but to the Muslim Ummah”.
Badaru described Late Senator Ibrahim as “a loyal and dependable politician who contributed immensely to the political development of the country.”
The late Mr Ibrahim represented Dutse/Kiyawa federal constituency in the House of Representatives between 2011 to 2015.
His death is coming barely three months after he won the APC senatorial ticket for his zone having polled 361 votes though a lone contestant for the ticket, Vanguard reports.
The deceased politician is survived by his wife, an aged mother and many children.
