{"id":72080,"date":"2021-08-17T07:16:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T06:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=72080"},"modified":"2021-08-17T07:19:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T06:19:46","slug":"breaking-ex-deputy-senate-president-nasiru-mantu-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/08\/17\/breaking-ex-deputy-senate-president-nasiru-mantu-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Ex-deputy Senate President, Nasiru Mantu is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A former Plateau Central Senator and deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, is dead.<\/p>\n<p>Mantu died in the wee hours of Tuesday, according to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leadership.ng\/breaking-ex-deputy-senate-president-nasiru-mantu-is-dead\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LEADERSHIP<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>No further details about the cause of his death has been revealed by his immediate family, as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p>Mantu was born on Februay 16, 1947 in the present Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>He was national chairman defunct Liberal (Convention); Director General, defunct National Republican Convention, Presidential Campaign, 1993; National Chairman defunct Peoples Democratic Alliance; National Publicity Secretary, defunct United Nigeria Congress Party; elected, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing, Plateau Central Senatorial District, 1999-2007; Chairman Senate, Independent Consolidation Committee on Cushioning Measures, ICCCM, 2005; Chairman defunct National Assembly Joint Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, 2006.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More to come&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Plateau Central Senator and deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu, is dead. 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