Ex-Kogi State University Registrar, Dr Yunusa collapsed at Ata’s coronation ceremony, died

Dr. Abubakar Idu slumped at Idah during the coronation of the new Ata Igala, HRH Mathew Alaji Opaluwa 1.

Alhaji Abubakar Idu hailed from Ojoku in Ankpa local government area and joined the services of Kogi State University, Anyigba as Assistant Registrar in 1999, rose to the position of Deputy Registrar and was appointed Registrar of the institution in 2016.

Dr Idu who also took over from the former late Registrar of the Institution, Elder Joseph Zhizhi who died in a ghastly motor accident along Okene -Anyigba road in 2015.

As at press time, information about what led to his death was sketchy, as his corpse was taken to Ankpa, his ancestral home for muslim burial rites on Thursday, November 18 2021.

Dr Idu, a scholar per excellence started his early education in Ankpa town along with quoranic education and proceeded to College of Education, Ankpa, University of Nigeria, Nsukka both for graduate and post graduate studies in public administration, and later bagged his PhD in the same discipline.

He was married with children.