Former Yobe State Governor, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has passed away at the age of 73
Gatekeepers News reports that Sen. Bukar Abba died in Saudi Arabia after a prolonged illness.
A source close to the family posted on his Facebook page: “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.
“Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim has passed away just now in Makkah. May Allah grant him peaceful repose and Jannatul Firdaus as his final abode Amin Thumma Amin.”
Bukar served as the governor of Yobe State from 1992 to 1993 and later from 1999 to 2007. During his tenures, he split the state’s emirate into 13, adding Ngazargamu, Gujba, Nguru, Tikau, Pataskum, Yusufari, Gudi, Fune and Jajere.
In 2007, he was elected to the Senate for the Yobe East constituency.
The late governor had previously experienced family tragedy when his daughter, Aisha Bukar Abba, passed away in August 2021.
