Senate President, Dr. Abubakar
Bukola Saraki, yesterday received with shock the news of the death of the
Deputy Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Zannah Umar Mustapha.
Saraki in a statement by his
Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja, said it was difficult to believe
the information that a man he met in Borno about a week ago during his tour of
some Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Maiduguri could have left
this world so soon.
Saraki said: “When I met Umar
Mustapha in Maiduguri, he was so full of life that it could not have crossed
ones imagination that we were meeting for the last time.
“He came across to me as a
complete gentleman who was doing all in his power to assist his principal,
Governor Kashim Shettima, not only to defeat insurgency in the zone, but to
bring succour to the entire people of Borno State, especially those adversely affected
by the insurgency.
“It is a pity that today he is
not going to witness the imminent end of the mindless bloodletting and
destruction of property being visited on a peaceful and hospitable people in
the North-East zone of the country.
“We can only take solace in the
fact that he lived a good life and died in the service of his people. He was a
complete gentleman and a devoted servant-leader. May Almighty Allah grant him a
place among the righteous ones in Aljannah Firdaus”, Saraki stated.
The Senate President also
commiserated with the immediate family of the deceased, the governor and people
of Borno State and prayed God to grant them the fortitude to bear the sad
incident.
He added that “Only the complete
and total eradication of insurgency from every part of the North-East and other
affected parts of the country can serve as a befitting tribute to this great
Nigerian who has departed so soon.”
Credit: The Nation
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