Ibrahim Mantu

Sanata Ibrahim Nasiru Mantu (16 February 1947 – 17 August 2021) was a Nigerian politician who served as the deputy president of the Nigerian Senate from 2003 to 2007.

Early life and education Mantu was born in Chanso village, Gindiri District, Pyemland in the Northern Region of British Nigeria (now in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria).

Mr. Mantu holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Political Science from the Washington International University. He was awarded Honorary Doctorate Degrees of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, University of Jos, Madonna University, Okija and University of Applied Sciences and Management Port Novo, Benin Republic. In 1998, he was elected as the National Publicity Secretary of the United Nigeria Congress Party (now defunct) and was later elected senator on the platform of the same party. A year later, Ibrahim Mantu was re-elected as senator representing Plateau Central senatorial district on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He was laid to rest on 17 August 2021 at the Sheikh Khalid Mosque in Abuja.