Ex-senator Dino Melaye has expressed sadness over the death of former senator who represented Kwara South Senatorial District, Rafiu Ibrahim.
The ex-lawmaker died in the early hours of Wednesday after a brief illness. He was aged 57.
He is to be buried at the Muslim cemetery in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.
Mourning the dead, Melaye wrote in an Instagram post, “My brother, friend, and ally. Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim rest in peace.”
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Meanwhile, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said he received with shock and profound sadness reports of the death of Ibrahim.
The governor sent his heartfelt condolences to the family of the late senator, the people of Ojoku in the Oyun Local Government Area, and the PDP.
In a statement signed by the chief press secretary to the governor Rafiu Ajakaye, AbdulRazaq said: “This shocking development again reminds everyone of the inevitability of death for all human beings and the fact that it could come unannounced for anyone.”
