Tunde Idiagbon was a rare example of loyalty- Buhari
late Major General Tunde Idiagbon
President Muhammadu Buhari
“The late
Major General Tunde Idiagbon was a very rare example of what loyalty to
fatherland and to a superior should be.
“Tunde was
strong, loyal and extremely committed to the cause of positively changing the
narrative about Nigeria, which the administration set out to do at that time,”
the President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
Speaking,
Monday, when he received APC governorship aspirants and members of the party
from the three senatorial zones of Kwara State at State House, President Buhari
recalled how his former deputy, from Kwara State, who, while on pilgrimage in Saudi
Arabia when the administration was overthrown in 1985, insisted on returning to
the country despite the political uncertainty especially as he had learnt that
he, as Commander-in-Chief at that time, had not been killed in the take-over.
The
President added that the late Idiagbon rejected the offer from the King of
Saudi Arabia to bring members of his (Idiagbon) family from Nigeria to the
Kingdom, as he was his guest at that time, and eventually returned to Nigeria
to suffer arrest like he (Buhari) did.
President
Buhari further enjoined Nigerians to remain faithful and loyal to the country
in all their dealings. “You don’t have to be in uniform to be loyal. What I
said long ago in 1984 is still valid today. We have no other country but
Nigeria. Others who feel they have another country may choose to go. We will
stay here and salvage it together,” he said.
President
Buhari thanked the APC stakeholders for the position they have taken to
continue to support the party regardless of the outcome of the primaries and
assured them that, with the unity displayed so far, APC will form the
government in Kwara State after the 2019 elections.
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