Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the late Marafan Sokoto and a former presidential aspirant, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, as one of the most intelligent, visceral and deeply informed and principled politicians he had ever knew.
Atiku, in a condolence message issued in Abuja by his media office, added that the deceased was a remarkably decent and disciplined politician who would be greatly missed by Nigerians.
The former Vice President Abubakar said the late Umaru Shinkafi was so independent minded that he and his political associates were denied registration by the General Sani Abacha military government, noting that the deceased was never timid to forcefully express his opinion on national issues.
The Turakin Adamawa said that Shinkafi would be greatly remembered as “one of the brightest stars in the galaxy of Nigerian politics for his total commitment to democracy and the rule of law.”
He also explained that the deceased always inspired respect not only for being a repository of knowledge, but also for being a consummate public servant and one of the best of his generation.
While condoling the Shinkafi family, the people and governments of Sokoto and Zamfara over the death of the Marafan Sokoto, Atiku prayed to Allah to grant him an eternal rest in peace.
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