Ex-minister, APC guber aspirant, Senator Lame is dead

By Terry Paul1 min read
Updated May 26, 2019 5:35 pm
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A former Minister of Police Affairs, Dr Ibrahim Yakubu Lame is dead.

The Bauchi APC chieftain passed on at exactly 4:10 on Sunday morning at a private hospital in Abuja.

He was a former Bauchi South Senator, Special adviser on drugs and financial crime during Obasanjo regime, and a former Bauchi APC gubernatorial aspirant, 2019 and a (former Santurakin Bauchi), a Traditional title.

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According to his cousin and a child peer, Babayo Lame, Dr. Lame died leaving his one wife and five children, among whom is Managing Director, Fariya Foundation Investment, Alh.Yakubu Ibrahim (Baba).

Babayo said that Dr. Lame died after a protracted illness, adding that he suffered facial stroke and complications which led to his dead.

According to him, they lost not only a brother but a mentor who led by example, adding that Lame was an icon, a prominent person to Bauchi state emirate council.

Babayo also confirmed that the burial would hold in Abuja by 10am prompt Sunday, according to Islamic rites.

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