President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of a veteran journalist and former Chief Press Secretary to military President, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, Chief Duro Onabule, who died on Tuesday at 83.
The president, in a statement issued Wednesday by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, commiserated with the former military leader, the Nigerian Union of Journalists and the Nigerian Guild of Editors over the sad loss.
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The president noted the commendable contributions of the respected journalist to the development of Nigeria, especially his role in stimulating robust debates with insightful articles while working variously as Editor of National Concord and Chairman, Board of Directors of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
President Buhari prayed that the Almighty God would receive the soul of the departed and comfort his family.
In his condolence message yesterday, former military President, Babangida described Chief Onabule as a man with a great sense of history.
He said the deceased understood what needed to be done to properly situate the governance efforts, especially in the light of the peculiar circumstances Nigeria had found itself by employing his formidable journalistic skills to get the buy-in of fellow Nigerians.
General Babangida, in a statement he personally signed, said Chief Onabule was a man who understood that nations must adapt in order to grow and every sacrifice made in the interest of one’s country is worth it.
The former leader said for his eight years in power, the deceased stood by him as he tried to reengineer the country, saying that his intelligence, patriotism and absolute fidelity to the unity of this nation shone through, becoming a big part of the successes he managed to achieve at the time.
By Muideen Olaniyi, Abuja & Abubakar Akote, Minna
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