Obasanjo, Atiku mourn Shagaya

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- A former president Olusegun Obasanjo has mourned late Senator John Shagaya

- Shagaya died in an autocrash on Sunday, February 11

- Obasanjo described the deceased as a great loss to the nation

A former president Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, February 12, condoled with the family of the late former senator and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Shagaya, who died in an auto crash on Sunday, February 11.

Premium Times reports that Obasanjo in a condolence message described Shagaya’s death as shocking, noting that the late military officer served his country meritoriously.

“I was shocked to receive the sad news of tragic death of Senator John Nanzip Shagaya. He will be sorely missed by his family, his community and his colleagues in the Senate and surely by his state and his friends and former colleagues in the military,” he said.

NAIJ.com gathered that the former president eulogised the late politician for having “served his country meritoriously as a soldier, a military administrator and a lawmaker before he died after a tragic road accident.

“May his soul rest in perfect peace and may God console his family, friends and peers,” Obasanjo stated in the letter

Also, a former vice president and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, expressed sadness and disbelief at the death of Shagaya.

In a statement released by his media office in Abuja, the former vice president described the late military officer as one of the remarkable and distinguished Nigerians of his generation, adding that he would be sorely missed.

Describing the Shagaya as a wise and adaptable personality, Abubakar recalled the ease with which the Shagaya transformed from a military officer to a civilian and a democrat winning the confidence of his people to become an elected Senator.

He said Shagaya was a gentle and peaceful man stressing that, ”his invaluable counsel would have been very useful at this time of crisis in many parts of the country.”

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had previously reported that President Muhammadu Buhari has offered his condolences to the Shagaya family, friends, the government and people of Plateau state over the death of Senator John Shagaya following a tragic accident.

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