A former Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has expressed deep grief over the passing away of Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Mohammed Maikarfi III.

The former Kogi Governor, in a statement, expressed deep shock over Maigari Lokoja’s death, while joining the entire of Kogi State to mourn his sudden demise.

Idris who is also the Fagachi of Lokoja recalled how the late Maigari of Lokoja wrote a lengthy letter and congratulated him on his 73rd birthday sent via a courier in April this year, 2022.

He also recalled that last May, the late Maigari of Lokoja clocked thirty years on the throne with pomp and pageantry, saying it was from Allah we all came, and to him, we shall all return.

He prayed Almighty Allah to reward the traditional ruler with Aljanatul firdaus, stating that it was a collosal loss, not only to Kogi State, but Nigeria at large.

He appealed to the entire people of Lokoja local government, Kogi state and Nigeria at large to bear the irreparable loss, stating that the late monarch had done his best as the custodian of the culture of Lokoja people while on earth.