Reps deputy majority leader buried in Lokoja

Buba Jubril, member who represented Lokoja/Kogi federal constituency in the house of representatives, has been buried at Kabawa Cemetery in Lokoja, capital of Kogi state.

Jibril, 58, a three-time member of the house of representatives, died in the early hours of Friday in Abuja.

The burial, which was concluded at 3 pm, was attended by Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, Simon Achuba, deputy governor of Kogi state; Mathew Kolawole, speaker of the Kogi house of assembly, among others.

Speaking to reporters after the burial, Dogara, said: “We have lost one of our own, Buba Jibril, whom if wishes are horses, we will wish he lives forever.

“But we are mortal and all of us have to answer one day or the other, however, Jibril has answered the call.

“He had a dogged spirit, when we recently visited him in London with the leadership of the house; we chatted and laughed together, apparently we didn’t know that he would answer this call today.

“It is very unfortunate, we have lost a leader and a brother, who was an accomplished legislator par excellence, and for me personally he was my diehard supporter. We will surely miss him.

“It is unfortunate that we have to do this again; our prayer to God is that the death of lawmakers should stop and God should preserve all of us.

“I don’t think it has happened before not to my recollection that we have lost about three senators and five members of the house of representatives.

“Our prayer is that God should grant his entire family members, the government and the people of Kogi, and the entirety of NASS the fortitude to bear the irreparable lost.”

Kolawole said the state government and Kogi house of assembly would miss him a lot.

“Don’t forget that he was a former speaker of Kogi House of Assembly, we will miss him a lot. I pray that God almighty will give all of us the heart to bear the irreparable loss,” he said.

“What happened today is a big lesson to all of us who are still living, in any position we are, no matter how rich you are, just remember sometime, someday, you will drop dead, and when you do, you are going to give account of your life and stewardship to God. It is a debt we will all pay sometime, someday.”