The Kogi State Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, has described the death of the Ohinoyi of Ebira Land, His Royal Majesty Alhaji Ado Ibrahim, as a calamity for the people of the state.
Faruk Adejoh-Audu, spokesman and director of communications for the Muri/Sam Gubernatorial Campaign Council, issued a statement on Sunday expressing the impact of the monarch’s passing on the state.
He stated that the state had lost a brave, courageous, honest, forthright, and God-fearing leader who had tirelessly worked for the unity of the people.
“Our father is leaving at a time when the state desperately needs his unifying guidance and wisdom to keep strengthening us as one indivisible people.”
“The last time I visited him, the late Ado Ibrahim was as courageous as ever when he declared that, being the oldest paramount ruler in the state, every Kogite is his child, and he would not be intimidated by anyone to reject his own children.”
“This death is a calamity for Kogi State and indeed for Nigeria as a nation. Ado represented that last rare breed of valiant elders who will never shield the truth, no matter the threat or reward for doing so.
“He will be remembered as the King who brought glamour, panache, pomp, and pageantry never before seen on these shores to royalty.
“On behalf of my immediate family and the teeming supporters of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), I wish to commiserate with the good people of Kogi Central and indeed the entire citizens of Kogi State for this irreplaceable loss of a father who recognised us all as his children. May Almighty Allah grant him Aljannah firdau.”
Alhaji Ajaka said this in a condolence message circulated by the campaign council on Sunday.
The Campaign Council has also suspended all activities scheduled for today, Sunday, October 29, 2023, including a World Press Conference scheduled for 2:00 p.m. in Abuja today.
All SDP flags at our campaign offices throughout the state will fly at half-mast this week in honour of our late King.
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