Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, has described late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua as a true democrat and detribalized leader.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that the late Yar’Adua was elected as president in 2007, succeeding former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who served for eight years.
However, Yar’Adua died on May 5, 2010, and was succeeded by Goodluck Jonathan, his vice president.
Obi paid tribute to the late president on Saturday via his verified Twitter handle, saying he was a leader who wanted to reposition the country based on unity, peace, and progress.
Yar’ Adua, he said, was a leader who believed in true governance, transparency, and accountability, as well as an embodiment of patriotism and excellence in public service.
He wrote:
President Umaru Yar’Adua was a true democrat, a detribalised leader, who desired to reposition the nation based on unity, peace, and progress. He was a leader, who believed in true governance, transparency, and accountability.
He was also an embodiment of patriotism and exemplified excellence in public service. He was equally a man who understood that true governance and societal development are non-tribal, non-religious, and non-partisan – and this I have always maintained.
Nigerians will always remember him for good. It has been 13 years since he departed this world, but the good legacies he built in the nation live on forever. Rest on Sir!
He was also an embodiment of patriotism, and exemplified excellence in public service.
He was equally a man who understood that true governance and societal development are non-tribal, non-religious and non-partisan – and this I have always maintained.
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) May 6, 2023