BREAKING: Ex-Kogi Governor Dies in UK, Age 77

Idris served as governor of Kogi State from 2003 to 2012 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of the longest continuous tenures by a Nigerian state governor in that era. He first won election in 2003, defeating incumbent Prince Abubakar Audu, was re-elected in 2007 (later nullified by the courts), and won the subsequent 2008 re-run. He was succeeded by his brother-in-law, Captain Idris Wada, in January 2012.