Goverrnor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has condoled with the family of Dr Ibrahim Lame and the people of the state over the death of the former Minister of Police Affairs.
A statement by Abubakar Al-Sadique, Press Secretary to the governor, prayed Allah to grant the deceased eternal rest and his family, the fortitude to bear the loss.
It stated: “I was in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria with Dr Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, and had opportunity of working with him.
“We will miss Dr Lame and will remember him for expressing his views on matters of nation building. May Allah forgive his shortcomings.”
Lame was appointed Minister in December 2008 by former President Umaru Yar’Adua.
He reportedly died on Sunday in Abuja after a brief illness at the age of 66.
Until his death, he was the Chairman, Board of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency.
An educationist and politician, he ventured into politics and was elected a senator at the age of 39 in 1992 during the aborted Third Republic.
Lame was appointed Senior Special Assistant in August 1999 by President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Lame had also served as the Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, as well as Information.
A traditional title holder in Bauchi Emirate, Lame was also Secretary of the Northern Union, founded by the late Senator Olusola Saraki, father of the current Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
In 2018, the deceased was a governorship aspirant in Bauchi State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
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