President Bola Tinubu on Thursday described the late former President Muhammadu Buhari as “a good, decent and honourable man whose legacy would endure for generations.”
The President stated these during a Special Federal Executive Council (FEC) session held in late Buhari’s honour at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said although the late Nigerian leader was not perfect his unwavering commitment to the country, integrity and simplicity set him apart.
Buhari, who died in a London hospital on Sunday, was buried at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, on Tuesday.
The special session was attended members of the federal cabinet, leadership of the National Assembly, judiciary, and Representatives of the late Buhari family.
Tinubu’ said: “President Buhari was not a perfect man, no leader is, but he was, in every sense of the word, a good man, a decent man, an honourable man.
“His record will be debated, as all legacies are, but the character he brought to public life, the moral force he carried, the incorruptible standard he represented, will not be forgotten.
“His was a life lived in full service to Nigeria, and in fidelity to God.”
The President praised his predecessor’s simplicity, humility, and resistance to the trappings of power.
He recalled the alliance that led to Buhari’s victory in the 2015 election.
He added: “He stood, always, ramrod straight; unmoved by the temptation of power, unseduced by applause and unafraid of the loneliness that often visits those who do what is right, rather than what is popular.
“His was a quiet courage, a righteousness that never announced itself. His patriotism was lived more in action than in words.
“We stood together, he and I. alongside others drawn from across the political spectrum, regions and tongues, we formed an alliance that enabled Nigeria to experience its first true democratic transfer of power from one ruling party to another.
“When he was sworn in as our party’s first elected President, he led with restraint, governed with dignity, and bore the burdens of leadership without complaint.
“When his tenure ended, he returned to Daura; not to command from the shadows or to hold court, but to live as he always had, never seeking to impose his will but content to let others carry the nation forward.
“Even in death, he maintained the serenity that defined him in life: not a sigh, not a groan, just a quiet submission to the will of God. Such was the man Nigeria has lost. Such was the man for whom our nation now mourns.”
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