Ex-IG Of Police, Ibrahim Coomasie Dies At 76, President Buhari Reacts

 

 

A former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Ibrahim Coomasie has passed away on Thursday in Katsina of an undisclosed ailment at the age of 76.

 

The late IGP's younger brother, Alhaji Dahiru Coomasie, confirmed the death in Katsina, and said that Coomassie died after a protracted illness at Amadi Rimi Specialist Hospital, Katsina.

 

Family sources disclosed that his remains will be buried on Friday after Juma’at prayers.

 

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family members, the government and people of Katsina State following the demise of his classmate and former Inspector-General of Police, Sardaunan Katsina, Ibrahim Ahmadu Coomassie.

 

The president, in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, said he received the news of the death of the chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF with shock and deep sense of loss.

 

He said his thoughts were with late Ibrahim Coomassie’s family and those mourning the demise of the late community leader and fine gentleman.

“On behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, I pray to Allah to receive his soul and the family he left behind, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”