TUNDE IDIAGBON WAS A RARE EXAMPLE OF LOYALTY - PRESIDENT BUHARI

Date: 2018-10-23

"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, 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.

Femi Adesina

Special Adviser to the President

(Media and Publicity)

October 22, 2018

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Lukman Adeloyin     Playing Host     Ahmed Dankaya     Balogin Alanamu     National Party Of Nigeria     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     GANZY     Earlyon Technologies     Voices Of Tomorrow     Issa Manzuma     Democracy Day     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Yusuf Abubakar     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Ibikunle Ogunleye     KWASAA     Kubra Kazum     Facemasks     Alaaya     Amuda Musbau     Valsolar     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Babaita     Kolade Solagberu     Gbenga Olawepo     Saduki Lafiagi     Amusa Bello     Abubakar Lah     Okin High School     Shuaibu Yaman     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Buari Edun     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     ASKOMP     Ganiyu Taofiq     Hakeem Idris     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Najim Yaasin     Salman Suleiman     Kwara 2019     Kwara Pdp     Temitope Ogunbanke     Ibrahim Labaika     HICA     Saka Isau     KWAFFA     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Halimah Perogi     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Sai Kayi     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Kamaldeen Gambari     ARMTI     Guber Aspirant     Col. Adedipe     Eghe Igbinehin     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Jimoh Bashir     Yetunde Balogun     Asa     Dele Momodu     Sheriff Shagaya     Www.Kwarareports.com     Clement Yomi Adeboye     NNPP     Seun Bolaji     Kayode Ishola     Laolu Saraki     Kamoru Kadiri     Sobi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ajayi Okasanmi     Wasiu Odewale     Labaeka     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Alore     COEASU     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Amasa     Suleiman Idris     Otuka     Suleman Abubakar     IsDB     Grillo     Umar Gunu     Fulani     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Umar Saro     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Alaro     Quarry Royal Valley     Bolaji Nagode     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Kwara State Polytechnic     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Iyabo Adewuyi     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Busari Alabi Alausa     Folorunsho Erubu     Oniye     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Muhammadu Gobir     Garba Ado Sanni     Olatunji Moronfoye     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Oke-Kura     Kulende-UITH     Ganiyu Taofiq     Olatunde Jare     Trader Moni     Kumbi Titiloye     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Leke Ogungbe     Ishola Abdullahi     Abubakar Atiku     Amule     UNIFEMGA     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Yusuf Ali     Rasaq Jimoh     Yusuf Abubakar     Lafiagi     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Adesoye     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     John Olobayo     Sulaiman Gado     NIPOGA     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     NFAI     Sunday Fagbemi     Ganmo     Wale Oladepo     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Demola Banu     Daud Adeshola     Olatunde Michaels     Okeose Christian Cementary     Abdulraheem Olesin     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Balogun Fulani     Eleja     Musa Yeketi     Dogara