By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/p>\n
Former APC National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, has described the late President Muhammadu Buhari as an \u201cangel in human flesh,\u201d praising his integrity and patriotism.<\/p>\n
Akande, a longtime ally of Buhari, led a delegation on a condolence visit to the Buhari family in Kaduna, expressing deep grief over the loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very, very painful,\u201d he said, recalling their last meeting in Daura where Buhari appeared \u201crobust and healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The former Osun State governor said the news of Buhari\u2019s passing, which reached him while abroad, came as a shock.<\/p>\n
He explained that he felt obliged to visit the family immediately upon his return to Nigeria to \u201ccommiserate and pray with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Akande hailed Buhari as a leader whose legacy would endure beyond his lifetime.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis spirit will continue to live forever because of the good work he did,\u201d he said, adding that Buhari\u2019s life of service would continue to inspire generations of Nigerians.<\/p>\n
Responding, Buhari\u2019s son, Yusuf, thanked Akande and his delegation, which included Senator Abu Ibrahim and former Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare for their solidarity.<\/p>\n
He also expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for ensuring his father received a dignified burial, pledging that the family would uphold Buhari\u2019s values of discipline and service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Anifowoshe Oladipupo Former APC National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande, has described the late President Muhammadu Buhari as an \u201cangel in human flesh,\u201d praising his integrity and patriotism. Akande, a longtime ally of Buhari, led a delegation on a condolence visit to the Buhari family in Kaduna, expressing deep grief over the loss. \u201cIt is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":73807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73808,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73806\/revisions\/73808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}