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Vice President Kashim Shettima has paid tribute to two distinguished elder statesmen from Katsina state, former Executive Secretary of Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO), Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, and ex-Director General of Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ibrahim Zakari, who passed away recently at 93 and 81 respectively.
The Vice President described the late elder statesmen as the last of the great titans to have emerged from their time.
The Vice President extolled the elder statesmen for their significant contributions to Nigeria’s development.
Speaking on Saturday during his visit to the Kurfi family residence in Katsina, the Vice President said: “We’re here at the behest of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to convey our condolence to the family, government and people of Katsina State over the sad demise of our elder statesman, late Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi (Maradin Katsina).”
“He is the last of the great titans. In African folktale, when such an elderly person dies, a part of history goes.
“May Allah grant his soul eternal rest and reward him with Aljannah Firdaus. May Allah also grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
During his visit to the family of Ambassador Zakari, the Vice President said his death was a huge loss to the country and its people.
“We are here on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to offer our condolences to the family, to Katsina Emirate Council, the government and people of Katsina State over the sad demise of our elder statesman, Ambassador Ibrahim Zakari (Talban Katsina).
“It’s a huge loss but he lived an eventful life worthy of emulation by all of us. It’s actually a celebration of life and not the celebration of death.
“If anyone of us here would have a worthy life as his own, it’s something that we’re all craving for. May Allah grant his soul eternal rest and reward him with Aljannah Firdaus. And may Allah grant the family, the people and government of Katsina and by extension, the nation the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss,” he said.
