President Muhammadu Buhari has paid a condolence visit to Sokoto State over the death Nigeria’s first executive President, Shehu Shagari.
During the visit on Sunday, the President condoled with the government and people of the state and promised that the Federal Government will institute a suitable memorial to immortalise the Former President.
The president who flew into the state capital in the morning and visited the residence of the late Shagari where he signed the condolence register.
He described the former president as the link between the country’s first-generation leaders and the present leadership.
In honour of Shagari’s contributions to nation building which he described as immeasurable, President Buhari said the Federal Government will immortalise him.
The condolence message was, however, delivered by the state governor, Aminu Tambuwal.
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The remains of the former President were laid to rest on Saturday at his private residence in his hometown, Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
He was buried following prayers led by a former Vice-Chancellor at Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Professor Shehu Galadanchi.
Shagari died on Friday, December 28, at the National Hospital in Abuja after a brief illness.
He died at the age of 93.
