Ex-deputy Senate President, Mantu, buried in Abuja

A former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, who died in the early  hours of Tuesday in Abuja, has been buried in Abuja.

Aged 74, Mantu who hail from Plateau state died in a hospital in Abuja after a brief, according to his family.

Family members, friends and political associates had converged at the Sheikh Khalid mosque in the nation’s capital, where prayers were held for the deceased.

Dignitaries who attended the prayer session include the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso among others.

The interment was held at the Gudu cemetery also in Abuja.