Umar Baba Jibril, a House of Representatives member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency is dead. Jibril, a three time member of the house, died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja, one of his political associates, Mr Amuda Dan Sulaiman confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) .
Aged 58 years, Jibril was until his death, the Deputy Majority Leader of the house and was also a former Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly.