Ismaila Isa Funtua, elder statesman, President Buhari’s ally and politician, has been laid to rest in Abuja.
He was buried at the Gudu Cemetery, Abuja after funeral prayers at the Shehu Shagari Central Mosque Area 1, Garki Abuja on July 21.
The founding Managing Director of Democrat Newspaper and former President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN), according to Vanguard suffered a massive heart attack during the medical check-up and died of cardiac arrest.
Some of the dignitaries who attended his funeral include Mamman Daura, a close relative of President Muhammadu Buhari; Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe; Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman of TISDAY/ARISE TV; and Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher of Leadership Newspaper.
Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe state and Nuhu Ribadu, former chairman of the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
See photos from his funeral below;
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