Nigeria’s President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has enjoined the people of Guinea Bissau to ensure an orderly transition, following the death of the country’s President, Malam Bacai Sanha.
Sanha died in Paris, France, on Monday.
Jonathan in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said Jonathan “received with sadness news of the death of President Malam Bacai Sanha of Guinea-Bissau yesterday in Paris, France.”
Jonathan commiserated with the people of Guinea Bissau on the loss but enjoined them to ensure orderly transition.
The statement added: “On behalf of the Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and member-states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Jonathan extends sincere condolences to President Bacai’s family and the government and people of Guinea-Bissau.
“As they mourn their country’s leader, President Jonathan urges the people of Guinea-Bissau to continue to safeguard the peace and stability of their country and its democratic institutions by ensuring an orderly transition of power that is in keeping with the country’s constitutional order and the rule of law.”
Jonathan prayed the “God Almighty will grant late President Sanha’s soul eternal rest.”