President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed sadness over the death of the Sokoto State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Tukur Bodinga, after a brief illness.
The President, who described the late chairman as an inspirational party mobiliser, said his demise has robbed the party of a strong pillar at both the state and national levels.
Jonathan commiserated with the family of late Bodinga, the government and people of Sokoto State as well as the leadership of the party in Sokoto State and the national secretariat.
He enjoined them to take solace in the knowledge that the late chairman bequeathed a worthy legacy.
The President also prayed that Almighty God should console the bereaved and grant eternal repose to the soul of Bodinga.