Ibrahim Mantu

Sanata^[1] Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu (16 February 1947^[2] – 17 August 2021) was a Nigerian politician who served as the deputy president of the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2007.

Ibrahim Mantu
Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate
In office 10 August 2001 – 5 June 2007
President	Anyim Pius Anyim Adolphus Wabara Ken Nnamani
Preceded by	Haruna Abubakar
Succeeded by	Ike Ekweremadu
Senator for Plateau Central
In office 3 June 1999 – 5 June 2007
Succeeded by	Satty Davies Gogwim
Personal details
Born	16 February 1947 Gindiri, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Plateau State, Nigeria)
Died	17 August 2021(2021-08-17) (aged 74) Abuja, Nigeria
Political party	Peoples Democratic Party
Alma mater	Washington International University
Profession	Politician

Early life and education

Mantu was born in Chanso village, Gindiri District,^[3] Pyemland in the Northern Region of British Nigeria (now in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria).^[4]

Mr. Mantu holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Political Science from the Washington International University. He was awarded Honourary Doctorate Degrees of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, University of Jos, Madonna University, Okija and University of Applied Sciences and Management Port Novo, Benin Republic.^[3]

Career

Sales career

Ibrahim Mantu worked with the Public Works Department (PWD) Jos, as a stores requisition clerk from 1962 to 1963 before proceeding to the Gindiri Teachers College in 1964. He left Gindiri in 1967 and joined the Nigerian Tobacco Company, Zaria the following year as a quality controller. He moved to BEAM, a division of UAC Nigeria as a Kalamazoo specialist salesman in 1971.^[3]

Political career

Mantu first joined politics in 1998 and two years later was elected as a Deputy State Chairman of the National Party of Nigeria in Plateau State. In 1993, he became Director General of the National Republican Convention Presidential Campaign Organisation.^[5] In 1998, he was elected as the National Publicity Secretary of the United Nigeria Congress Party (now defunct) and was later elected senator on the platform of the same party. A year later, Ibrahim Mantu was re-elected as senator representing Plateau Central senatorial district on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.^[3]

He then served as Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2007 and was a member of the Senate of Nigeria from 1999 till 2007.^[3]

Death

Mantu died from COVID-19 in August 2021.^[6] He was laid to rest on 17 August 2021 at the Sheikh Khalid Mosque in Abuja.^[5]