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Buhari hails Bisi Akande at 85

Former President Muhammadu Buhari has sent birthday greetings to the pioneer National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, describing him as a wise man under whose watch the party made great strides.

According to a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Garba Shehu, in a message to Akande on his 85th birthday, the former president said he and the celebrant shared common positions on some political issues and others affecting the nation, saying “he is very wise man who laid a solid foundation for the growth and development of our party.”

He said he believed that the party was structured and maintained in a way that met the country’s development needs.

He wished Chief Akande good health and many more  years of service to the party and the nation.

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Leon Usigbe

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