Isa Funtua: 'I Spoke To Him Three Hrs Before Death' - Murray-Bruce Mourns Buhari's Ally

Media entrepreneur and former senator representing Bayelsa East, Ben Murray-Bruce, on Monday said he spoke to Mallam Isa Funtua, an associate of President Muhammadu Buhari "just three hours before his reported death, and he promised to further call me tomorrow".

Murray-Bruce consequently condoled with the family of the deceased.

I am saddened by the death of my brother and senior colleague, Mallam Isa Funtua. I spoke to him just three hours before his reported death, and he promised to further call me tomorrow. I pray that God comforts his family and loved ones, and may his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/zISZWcTJMT

— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) July 20, 2020

AllNews reports that in a tweet, Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant on New Media to President Buhari, confirmed Funtua’s death as sudden.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un! Just heard about Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua’s sudden death. This life! May Allah accept his soul, forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannah al-Firdaus.

— Bashir Ahmad (@BashirAhmaad) July 20, 2020

“Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un! Just heard about Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua’s sudden death. This life! May Allah accept his soul, forgive his shortcomings and grant him Jannah al-Firdaus,” Ahmad tweeted.

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Funtua was the founding managing director of Democrat Newspaper and former president of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN).

The deceased was life patron of NPAN and chairman of Bulet Construction Company.

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His death comes three months after that of Abba Kyari, former Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Buhari.

Funtua and Kyari were very close to the president.

Like Buhari, Funtua hailed from Katsina state. One of his sons is married to the president’s daughter.