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.

Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Emir Of Lafiagi     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Arinola Lawal     Iyiola Oyedepo     KWSUED     Kwara 2023     Yemi Osinbajo     Amuda Bembe     James Ayeni     Mukhtar Shagaya     Okiki     Amusa Bello     Yusuf Mubarak     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Oloje     Yakub Ali-Agan     Ilorin.Info     Bursary     Joseph Bamigboye     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Kwara 2019     Chief Of Staff     Minimum Wage     Toyosi Thomas     07039448763     Saliu Tunde Bello     Apaola     Amos Justus Sayo     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Issa Manzuma     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Labaeka     Dele Momodu     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Aminu Adisa Logun     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Riskat Opakunle     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Kulende     Ahman Pategi University     Adisa Logun     Orisa Bridge     Ajakaye     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Yusuf Ali     AIT Ilorin     Old Oyo     Kayode Ishola     Senate Presidency     Mohammed Yisa     KWIRS     Isiaka Gold     Idowu Aremu     Azeez Salawu     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     NURTW     Dasuki Belgore     Rafiu Ajakaye     Olaosebikan     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Mary Arinde     Bello Oyebanji     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Yakubu Shaaba     Balogun Gambari     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     20 Billion Bond     UNIFEMGA     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Omoniyi M. Ayinla    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Akeem Olatunji     Orisun Igbomina     Idowu Laro     Shuaib Olarongbe     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Ajia-Bako     Funke Adedoyin     Oni Adebayo     Radio SBS     Abubakar Imam     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     KWACOBPA     Babajide Ajayi     Maigidasanma     Simeon Sayomi     Read With Me     Ilota     Mohammed Abduraheem     Oko Erin     Code Of Conduct     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Sardauna     NULGE     Jimoh Bashir     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Oke-Ogun     Justina Oha     Roseline Oni Aremu     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Budo-Egba     Fatimoh Lawal     Saadu Alanamu     Ilofa     Saba Jibril     Tosho Yaqub     David Adesina     NAWOJ     Michael Nzwekwe     Okedare     Ajikobi     S.O. Opowoye     Kwara State Polytechnic     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Adamu Atta     Hassan Saliu     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Tsaragi     Senate President     Jalala     Nigerian Medical Association     Olawuyi     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Sidikat Alaya     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     IEDPU     Kola Ologbondiyan     Monkey Pox     Lithium     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Salihu Jibril Garbi     KWASSIP     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Ajuloopin     MINILS     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Omu-aran     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Agbarere     Ilesha-Gwanara     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Apaokagi     Mohammed Danjuma