Rafiu Ibrahim, former Kwara State Senator is late.

He died at the age of 57 years after a brief illness.

This was revealed in a statement signed by the family on Wednesday, and also made available to the press.

The statement read, “We kindly request your prayers and support during this difficult time. His burial arrangements will be communicated in due course.

“We pray Allah forgives his shortcomings and grants him Al-Jannah Firdaus. Ameen.”

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the state Governor, while mourning the former Kwara State Senator, said he received with shock and sadness reports of the death of Senator Rafiu Ibrahim of the Peoples Democratic Party after a brief illness.

The governor, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said, “I send my heartfelt condolences to the family of the late senator, the people of Ojoku in Oyun Local Government Area, and the Peoples Democratic Party on this sad development.

“This shocking development again reminds everyone of the inevitability of death for all human beings and the fact that it could come unannounced for anyone, according to the governor.”

Ibrahim, who was born on December 12, 1966, was a senator who ruled Kwara South Senatorial District in the eighth National Assembly from 2015 to 2019 under Senator Bukola Saraki leadership.

Ibrahim was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance, and Other Financial Institutions.

He sponsored six bills and supervised eight others during his four-year tenure as senator.