Gombe justice commissioner dies

The Gombe State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Abdulhameed Ibrahim died yesterday at the age of 58.

According to a family source, he died in the afternoon at a hospital in India, where he went for a medical check- up.

Before his appointment as the state attorney general and commissioner of justice by Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo in 2011, Barrister Ibrahim has worked for many years in both private and public sectors.

Born in 1960 in Kumo, Akko Local Government Area of the state, he worked with the Savannah Sugar Company in Adamawa State as a Legal Secretary and served for two times as Chairman of Akko LGA.

He also worked with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) as a Deputy Director of Administration.

Dan Malikin Akko, as he was popularly called, also served as Assistant Director Legal Drafting Department of the Federal Ministry of Justice and a Legal Officer in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

The deceased was survived by two wives and 10 children.

His second wife, Barrister Fatima Musa, was recently appointed as a State High Court Judge by Governor Dankwambo.

Our correspondent report that his funeral prayer would be announce later by the state government.