Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has described the death of the party’s candidate in the Kogi state governorship election, Prince Audu Abubakar as sorrowful, shocking and untimely.
Tinubu added that Audu’s death reminds us of our mortality and that no one will live forever.
“?I first knew Prince Audu Abubakar roughly 30 years. He was a good friend. A good man. Some may not have known this but Prince Audu was a renowned financial expert well known in banking circles before his entry into politics.
“From banking to politics, Prince Audu became a dominant feature of our national landscape. He was an industrious man and a determined, hardworking leader with few equals. He was consummate in the art of politics.
“Yet, Audu was also dedicated to the betterment of his people. He was an honorary title holder of Lagos, honored by the late Oba of Lagos, Oba Oyekan.
“Very kind, generous and at ease with his friends and with the people, Audu wanted to make his state a better place. That was his driving concern. His people loved him because of this and he loved them in return. He was a man of great vision, committed to the Nigerian project and committed to the well-being of his people. He loved Kogi passionately.
“As was his character, Prince Audu gave his all during this election campaign because he wanted to move Kogi to a better place.
His death is painful and has stunned us his friends, political associates and particularly his family,” Tinubu said in a statement made available to NewsWireNGR.
Meanwhile, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has enjoined family members and supporters of Prince Abubakar Audu to take heart and consider the death of the respected politician as an act of God that can happen to all mortals at appointed time.
In a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, the Governor described Audu’s death as shocking.
He said the deceased lived a life of service whose concern for the unity, stability and progress of Kogi remained unshakable until his last breath.
The Governor equally prayed to God to grant Audu eternal rest, and his family the fortitude to bear the loss.?
