Aged 58 years, Jibril, a three time member of the house, died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja, one of his political associates, Amuda Dan Sulaiman, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He was until his death, the deputy majority leader of the house. He was also a former speaker of the Kogi state House of Assembly.
Jibril had sponsored a controversial bill is recommending the setting up of yet another government agency, to be known as the NGO Regulatory Commission that is meant to issue licences to all NGOs, which would require renewing such licences, every two years.