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Buhari Sends Condolence Team To Taraba Over Campaign Fatalities

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday sent a team to Jalingo, Taraba State, to condole with the government and people of the state over the loss of lives that attended the APC presidential rally last week.

The team, led by Boss Gida Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), included Governor of Adamawa, Mohammed Umaru Jibrilla Bindow; Senator Ali Ndume; Mallam Mohammed Bello, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT); Dr Ali Isa Pantami, Director-General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA); Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity and Senator Yusuf A. Yusuf, a Taraba stakeholder.

At the Taraba Government House, where the team was received by Governor Darius Ishaku, Boss Gida Mustapha, speaking on behalf of the President, lamented the sad loss of eight people during and after the rally, promising that they would not die in vain.

“President Buhari will continue to focus on public good and welfare of the people. The eight people would then not have died in vain,” the SGF said.

“They represent the good of our people and country. They wanted good governance as symbolized by President Buhari, so they turned out to welcome him at the rally. As we go to the polls, let’s exercise the civic responsibility with zeal, but also with decency and restraint. The country is our own, and we must preserve its oneness,” he said.

Responding, Governor Ishaku expressed “sincere gratitude and thanks to Mr President for promptly sending a delegation to condole with us,” adding that the people of Taraba were grateful for the show of concern. 

He prayed that the souls of the dead would rest in peace, stressing: “Peace is my mantra. I stand by it any day. I am thankful that Mr President, who is firstly my elder brother before being my president, came to Taraba in peace, and left in peace.”

An official letter of condolence personally signed by the President was presented to the governor by the SGF.

At the family home of one of the dead, where the relations of other victims had congregated, the names of the deceased were read out.

Haruna Kawuwa, who lost his wife, Safiya, at the overcrowding that attended the rally, thanked President Buhari for remembering and condoling with them at their time of sorrow.

The delegation also visited the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, where prayers were said for the quick recovery of the injured on admission.