Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, a former governor of Kogi State, has died at the age of 77 in the United Kingdom on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
Following news of his passing, Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, former governor Yahaya Bello, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Abdullahi Bello, and other top government officials visited the deceased’s residence in Abuja to pay their respects to the family.
The condolence visit was disclosed in a Facebook post on Sunday by Onogwu Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to Yahaya Bello and Special Adviser to the Kogi State Governor on Public Relations, who shared photographs of Ododo and Bello at the family home.
He wrote, “Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Ahmed Usman Ododo; former Governor Yahaya Bello, CON; Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Abdullahi Bello; and other top government officials have arrived at the Abuja residence of the late former Governor Ibrahim Idris, who passed away this afternoon.”
However, the precise circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately disclosed.
Backstory…
Ibrahim Idris, popularly known as Ibro or Baba Kogi, was one of the prominent political figures to emerge from Kogi State during Nigeria’s Fourth Republic.
Born in 1949 in Idah, he built a career in business before entering politics, establishing Ibro Trading Company with interests in construction, furniture manufacturing and hospitality.
Idris served as the governor of Kogi State from May 2003 to January 2012, having secured re-election to a second term in 2007, before handing over power to his successor, Idris Wada.
Meawnhile, responding to the news of the late leader, Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan mourned his passing, describing him as a pivotal figure in the political trajectory of Kogi State and the Peoples Democratic Party.
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