Hon. Tijjani Ibrahim, the All Progressives Congress ( APC) senatorial candidate for Jigawa South West Senatorial District is dead.

Ibrahim, a former member of the House of Representatives admitted at an Abuja hospital for treatment of lung infection from where he was flown to China for further treatment when his condition deteriorated.

He died on Saturday August 13.

Ibrahim died barely three months after he won the APC senatorial ticket for his zone where he polled 361 votes.

Confirming the report, the Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru, in a condolence message 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 in the statement described Mr Ibrahim as “a loyal and dependable politician who contributed immensely to the political development of the country.”

Hon. Tijjani Ibrahim, the All Progressives Congress ( APC) senatorial candidate for Jigawa South West Senatorial District is dead.

Ibrahim, a former member of the House of Representatives admitted at an Abuja hospital for treatment of lung infection from where he was flown to China for further treatment when his condition deteriorated.

He died on Saturday August 13.

Ibrahim died barely three months after he won the APC senatorial ticket for his zone where he polled 361 votes.

Confirming the report, the Governor of Jigawa State, Muhammad Badaru, in a condolence message 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 in the statement described Mr Ibrahim as “a loyal and dependable politician who contributed immensely to the political development of the country.”