Former governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris is died.
Idris, who served as governor of Kogi State from 2003 to 2012 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), reportedly died in the United Kingdom at the age of 77.
Born in Idah, Kogi State in 1949, Idris began his education in Onitsha, Anambra State, before moving to Kano, where he completed his primary education and later attended King’s Commercial College in Buguma, Rivers State.
He later obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Abuja before joining politics.
The late Idris was a well-established businessman, who was into hotel business, Trading with special interests in construction, furniture manufacturing and hospitality.
The late Idris later established a furniture factory and Ibro Hotel in Sokoto which he later replicated in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Idris emerged as the PDP governorship candidate for Kogi State ahead of the 2003 election and defeated the then sitting governor, late Prince Abubakar Audu and was sworn-in as governor on May 29, 2003.
Idris got re-elected in 2007, but the election was nullified by the court following a legal tussle over the exclusion of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) candidate, Abubakar Audu, from the ballot for which the Court of Appeal upheld the decision in February 2008, and ordered a another election.
Expectedly, Idris contested the March 2008 re-run and was again returned as governor. However, his victory at the polls was challenged by Audu over alleged electoral irregularities.
Idris eventually won at the court and went ahead to complete his second term of office in January 2012.
A source close to the family disclosed that the body of the late Idris is likely to arrive the country on Monday, September 21, 2026 for burial at the Gudu Muslim cemetery in accordance with Islamic rites.
