Former Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu is dead.

He died on Monday night in an Abuja hospital after a brief illness.

He was 74.

A family source confirmed his demise to The Nation on Tuesday.

He said: ”Yes, it’s true. We just received the news of his demise last night at a hospital in Abuja.

“He has been ill for some time and was again rushed to the hospital in Abuja but unfortunately he died.”

Mantu was one of the notable figures in the nation’s political landscape for many years.

In 2001 he was elected Deputy Senate President under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), a position he held till 2007 when he did not return to the senate.