CITIZENS COMPASS—Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has described immediate past President, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari as a patriot that tried his best in the quest to give the country needed progress and development.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he received the news of the death of his former colleague in the military and a former President, Muhammadu Buhari with heavy hearts.
According to him: It is with a heavy heart that I received this afternoon, of the passing of a colleague , a comrade , a cool patriot, General Muhammadu Buhari, who as a soldier , he played his role as a soldier. As an administrator, he played his role as an administrator , as a statesman, he played his role as a statesman, of course.
“At a time like this , we need the totality of the experience and what I may call statesmanship of all those who have had opportunities to run the affairs of this country to get us out of the situation we are in , he will be surely missed. May his soul rest in perfect peace,” Obasanjo stated.
Citizens Compass reported that Buhari died in a London clinic in United Kingdom on Sunday.
