- Bukar Abba Ibrahim, the former governor of Yobe state, has died of a protracted illness in a hospital in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
- Ibrahim was a-three-term governor of Yobe state, first sworn in during the third republic, then in 1999 and 2003
- The former governor also served as a term senator and was survived by two wives and 17 children; one of his wives is a current lawmaker
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Damaturu, Yobe – A former governor of Yobe state, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, died in Saudi Arabia at 75.
