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<\/p>\nIn a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki described the late Kyari \u2013 father of Chairman Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Abubakar Kyari \u2013 as a wise elder statesman; a fine officer; and a patriotic Nigerian who always put the country first.<\/p>\n
The statement read: \u201cAt this time, my thoughts and prayers are with the family and loved ones of the late Brig.-Gen. Abba Kyari, the erstwhile Military Governor of the defunct North Central State.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe late General was not only a wise elder statesman but throughout his lifetime, he was a fine Military Officer and a Patriotic Nigerian who always put Nigeria first.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe nation will miss him and his wise counsel, especially at this time that we are heading into the general elections. I pray that the Almighty Allah (SWT), grant him a place amongst the righteous ones in Al Jannah Firdaus. Amin.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Senate President also prayed for strength and fortitude for the family of the deceased at this hour of loss.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central, while reacting to Abba Kyari\u2019s death, described him as a compassionate and upright man.<\/p>\n
On his Twitter page, Sani wrote: \u201cBrigadier Abba Kyari was a Governor we grew to know as pupils in Kaduna. He was a compassionate man and of upright character.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn behalf of myself and the good people of Kaduna central, we pray that May Allah grant him Aljanna Firdausi.Amin.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has mourned the passing of the former Military Governor of the defunct North Central State, Brig.-Gen. Abba Kyari (retd). In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki described the late Kyari \u2013 father of Chairman Senate Committee on Defence, Senator Abubakar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}