President Buhari mourns Emir of Keffi

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commiserated with the government and people of Nasarawa State on the death of the Emir of Keffi, Alhaji Muhammadu Chindo-Yamusa II. A statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said Buhari joined them and “the educational community in mourning this long standing first-class traditional ruler and chancellor of the Nasarawa State University.” […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday commiserated with the government and people of Nasarawa State on the death of the Emir of Keffi, Alhaji Muhammadu Chindo-Yamusa II.
A statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said Buhari joined them and “the educational community in mourning this long standing first-class traditional ruler and chancellor of the Nasarawa State University.”
It quoted the president as describing the deceased as a great supporter of his administration, an advocate of peace and unity as well as “a preacher of ethnic, religious and political tolerance as a prerequisite for any meaningful development in the country.”
Adesina said the president believed that the late emir would be greatly missed by his people as one who fully understood the roles of a traditional ruler and the expectations of the people over whom he ruled.
“President Buhari particularly recalls the late Emir’s appeals to his subjects and Nigerians on the need to support the administration’s commitments to end the current insurgency and other vices bedeviling the country as well as his appeals to parents in the state to appreciate the value of education in development,” the spokesman added.
“The president prays that Almighty Allah will grant Alhaji Yamusa eternal rest and provide a successor who will do even more for the people of Nasarawa State,” the statement added.