He described him as a visionary leader and a man of exceptional intellect.
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The event was attended by the speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, represented by the deputy minority whip, George Ozodinobi, and Chief Olusegun Osoba, former Governor of Ogun State.
Tinubu’s sympathy was contained in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, on Friday, in Abuja.
The group, which comprises of former Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife; a chieftain of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Femi Okunrounmu; and former Minister of Information, Walter Ofonagoro, among others and led by Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, again called for the sack and arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega
According to a statement issued on behalf of organisers by Olubori Obafemi, this year’s solemn assembly, tagged: “June 12 and the way out of Nigeria’s instability”, is designed to be an agenda setting breakfast national democracy colloquium, where eminent political leaders in the country are expected to pay tribute to the supreme sacrifice of Abiola in the actualization of the current democratic dispensation in Nigeria