Buni mourns as ex-Yobe gov Bukar Ibrahim buried in Saudi Arabia

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The Yobe State Governor, Mai Buni, has expressed sympathy over the death of the former state Governor Bukar Ibrahim.

The Governor’s Director General Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, announced the death of Senator Ibrahim, stating that he died while receiving treatment for a protracted illness in Saudi Arabia and will be buried there.

Indeed, Governor Buni directed all other aspects of the funeral and condolences to be taken over by the state government to accord the late governor a state burial and honour.

According to the Governor, “This is a huge loss for us at this time, but that is the wish of Allah, our creator. May Allah (SWT) forgive his shortcomings and admit him into Aljannatu Firdaus.”

Consequently, he called on the people and friends of Yobe State to join his family, the government, and the people of the state to pray for the repose of the soul of the former governor.

The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, died at 73 on Sunday.

He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, a source who preferred anonymity claimed.

Ibrahim was the governor of Yobe State from May 1999 to May 2007.

During his first term, on August 5, 1993, he split the state’s four emirates into 13. The military regime of Sani Abacha reversed the change. In his second term after the return to democracy, on January 6, 2000, he re-implemented the new emirates, adding Ngazargamu, Gujba, Nguru, Tikau, Pataskum, Yusufari, Gudi, Fune and Jajere.

He was elected to the Senate for the Yobe East constituency in 2007. He ran for re-election on April 9, 2011, in the Senatorial contest for Yobe East on the ANPP platform and won.