Senator Ibrahim Mantu’s Confessions Before He Died

<p><em>Senator Ibrahim Mantu’s confessions<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> has gathered that Former Deputy Senate President&comma; Ibrahim Mantu&comma; has died&period; The astute politician who represented Plateau Central in his days at the red chambers reportedly died in the early hours of Tuesday&comma; August 17&comma; 2021&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Credible sources told OpenLife that he died at a medical centre in Chanso village&comma; Gindiri District&comma; Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Notably&comma; Mantu was one of the few Nigerians who task politics seriously and had from the onset decided to make it a full-time vocation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He was very popular during his time in the senate so much so that he served as Deputy Senate President of Nigeria between 2003 to 2007&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His political activities resonated around the entire Nigerian political landscape and in the process&comma; some of his deeds were seen contrary to regulations which of course&comma; were deft moves to win the election for the Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; his choice party&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Mantu&comma; in all sincerity&comma; admitted these faultlines and repented before he died&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In one of his public outings&comma; the courageous politician made a public confession on Friday&comma; March 30&comma; 2018&comma; when he revealed how he contributed to rig elections for his party in past elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He made the earth-shaking disclosure when he played host at the channels television programme &OpenCurlyQuote;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Hard Copy<&sol;a>&period;’<br &sol;>&NewLine;Pronouncing himself a born-again politician&comma; Mantu said&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yes&excl; Yes&excl; I did&period; I am now confessing the truth&period; But what I mean is that I don’t have to go and change election results&period; But when you provide money&comma; you give money to INEC boys to help you if they see any chance to favour you&period; You provide money to the security&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All our elections in the past&comma; I have been a part of it&period; I have been in this game for forty years&period; It’s not necessarily when I am contesting an election&comma; but when my party sponsors a candidate&semi; I would want that person to win the election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Just like what we do&comma; we make provision for INEC&comma; we make provision for security&comma; we make provision for even agents of other political parties so that they will not raise any objection to whatever we are able to get&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;So whether I rig the election or not&comma; by providing those resources and financial inducement to the officials&comma; I have rigged the elections&comma;” he confessed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;