Tinubu mourns ex-Kogi governor, says death painful loss

President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, describing his passing as a “painful loss” to his family, Kogi State and Nigeria. Idris died in the United Kingdom on Sunday at the age of 77. Tinubu, in a statement issued on Monday by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, extended his condolences to the Idris family, the Kogi State Government and people, as well as the former governor’s friends, associates and political colleagues.

The President described Idris’s death as a significant loss to Kogi State and Nigeria, noting that the former governor devoted a substantial part of his life to public service and the development of the state.

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