Politics
What Tinubu Discussed With Aisha Buhari
in an emotional voice, thanked the President and his delegation
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, visited the Kaduna home of the late President Muhammadu Buhari, where he assured Aisha Buhari and her family that the legacies of the former leader would be preserved.
According to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Tinubu told the family they were not alone in their grief.
“We are just here to assure you that we share in your grief, we share in your pain,” Tinubu was quoted as saying. “A loss in flesh is not a loss in the spirit, and the spirit that he left with us is a spirit of hard work, dedication, patriotism and honesty, and we are doing that. We assure you and the entire family that we will continue with our leader’s legacy, the mark he made for Nigeria. We will continue on the path of honesty, integrity, and great character that he imbued in us. May God help Nigeria, keep us united and together in the promised land.”
Aisha Buhari, in an emotional voice, thanked the President and his delegation, describing the visit as a great source of consolation. “I would like to use this medium to thank you once again, the first lady, the wife of the Vice President, for standing by me and my family,” she said, according to the statement.
She recalled that her late husband stood for honesty, integrity and justice, urging Nigerians to emulate his values. “I would like to pray for Nigeria, for peace to reign, for unity of the country, and for you, President Tinubu, to carry on with my late husband’s legacy of honesty, integrity, tolerance, accountability, and justice,” she added.
Onanuga disclosed that the President was accompanied by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and governors Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Babagana Zulum of Borno and Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto.
Also on the entourage were Wale Edun, Minister of Finance; Atiku Bagudu, Minister of Budget and Planning; Bello Matawalle, Minister of State for Defence; and Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser.
Earlier in the day, Tinubu attended the wedding of Nasirudeen, son of Senator Abdulaziz Yari, at the historic Sultan Bello Mosque in Kaduna.
The statement noted that Tinubu stood in for the Yari family in receiving the bride, Safiyya Shehu Idris, after her representative, Ibrahim Ashiru, confirmed the payment of the N1 million dowry.
The President commended both families for upholding noble traditions and urged the couple to build their home on faith, love and mutual respect. The colourful ceremony, which attracted dignitaries, traditional rulers, business leaders and politicians, also featured prayers for the nation and the President by Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau and the Chief Imam of the mosque, Dr Muhammad Suleiman.
