President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday telephoned the widow of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, Fatima, and the wives of the other 10 army soldiers and officers killed last Friday’s plane crash in Kaduna, to commiserate with them on their bereavement.
Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, said in a statement that the president during the phone conversation with Attahiru’s spouse, explained her husband, as an outstanding soldier and an institution builder, who fought valiantly for Nigeria until he breathed his last.
Buhari, who handed the condolence message to the spouses of another 10 soldiers through COAS spouse, hailed the sacrifices of the military men who lost their lives along with the armed forces in general, saying Nigerians will continue to love and support the fearlessness with which our courageous soldiers are facing the dangers facing the nation.
Read also: President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after a profitable medical examination in the UK.
He assured the grieving spouses that the nation won’t ever overlook the ultimate sacrifice of the husbands, urging them to take solace at the surge of amazing feelings of emotions across regions, tribes and religions all around the nation in appreciation of their sacrifices.
The president who had previously given directives to the Defence Headquarters and the Ministry of Defence to do everything a government can do in order to provide comfort and ease the hardships of their families of the deceased prayed to God to repose the spirits of the deceased and grant their own households that the fortitude to endure the losses.
Mrs Attahiru, on behalf of the rest of the families, thanked the president for the love and care he has revealed.
