Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has mourned the death of Senator Ibrahim Mantu.
HURIWA in a statement described the former Deputy Senate President Plateau State, Senator Ibrahim Mantu as a man who detribalized approach to national issues and had a real heart for his people.
HURIWA said: “Until his death, the deceased availed the practice of Journalism in general of his resources, a wealth of experience and knowledge. We Journalists will miss the voice of peace and unity as well as an advocate of social cohesion and tolerance which the late Deputy Senate represented particularly during the trying moments of its history,”
“One remarkable thing about the Late Senator was his detribalized approach to national issues. He was a Muslim but one would hardly notice as he accommodated everyone; friends to the Igbos and charitable to all.
“Mantu was open to all and in his early upbringing in Gindiri he played the role that touched and connected people. He thought of the general good. He was a politician with a charismatic difference; other northern leaders should emulate these virtues he exhibited while alive.
”Before his demise, Mantu was a member of the Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He served in many political positions, including the Director-General of the Defunct National Republican Convention, Presidential campaign 1993; National Chairman, defunct Peoples Democratic Alliance, and National Publicity Secretary defunct United Nigeria Congress Party.
”In 1999, he was elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for Plateau Central Constituency under the platform of the PDP and was appointed Deputy Senate President in 2000.
