By Akinwale Kasali
Former Yobe State Governor, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, is devastated. He has just lost his eldest daughter, Aisha, to the cold hands of death.
Death struck and played a cruel one on the former steward of the North West State in the early hours of Wednesday when his daughter succumbed to the cold hands of death at the Cairo Hospital, Egypt after a protracted illness.
The burial arrangement of the late Aisha is currently ongoing in Cairo, while reception for condolences and prayers for the soul of the deceased is organised at the residence of her Father at Senator (Dr.) Bukar Abba Ibrahim residence at No 13A Owena Close, Off Yedseram Street, Maitama, Abuja.
It was gathered that other arrangements for the 4th and 8th day prayers would be announced in due course by the family.
Ibrahim was Governor of Yobe State from 29th May 1999 to 29th May 2007.He also served as Governor of the State from January 1992 to November 1993. He was a member of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP)at the time.
In 2007, he was elected to the Senate for the Yobe East constituency. He ran for re-election in the 9 April 2011 Senatorial contest for Yobe East on the ANPP platform, and won with 115,763 votes against former Senator Lawan Jalo Zarami of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who gained 67,438 votes.
