Former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has died at the age of 77.
Idris reportedly died on Sunday, September 20, 2026, in the United Kingdom.
Following his death, Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, former Governor Yahaya Bello, Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Abdullahi Bello, and other senior government officials visited the late governor’s residence in Abuja to commiserate with his family.
Onogwu Muhammed, Special Adviser to the Kogi State Governor on Public Relations and Chief Press Secretary to former Governor Yahaya Bello, disclosed the visit in a Facebook post on Sunday, accompanied by photographs of Ododo and Bello at the residence.
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.”
Idris served as governor of Kogi State from 2003 to 2012. He assumed office in May 2003 and was re-elected in 2007, serving two consecutive terms before handing over to Idris Wada in January 2012.
The circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately known.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, has also mourned the former governor, describing him as a significant figure in the political history of Kogi State and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
