Buhari hails Bisi Akande at 84

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with a former governor of Osun State and first national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, on his 84th birthday. Buhari, in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, described the celebrant as a true statesman and a man of the masses. The president, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with a former governor of Osun State and first national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, on his 84th birthday.

Buhari, in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, described the celebrant as a true statesman and a man of the masses.

The president, in the message to commemorate the occasion, paid homage to the sacrifices of one of the champions of the nation’s democratic struggle.

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He said Akande rose from humble beginnings to occupy the party’s highest constitutional position through hard work and discipline.

He said Akande would continue “to bask in the sun as a true statesman and a symbol of sacrifice, bravery and moral integrity.”

Buhari wished him many more years of service to the party and the nation.