Aisha, the widow of Nigeria’s late former President Muhammadu Buhari, has called on Nigerians to adopt the virtues of her husband as guiding principles.
She said her late husband lived by honesty, integrity and justice.
As issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Aisha Buhari made the statement on Friday during a condolence visit to the family residence in Kaduna by President Bola Tinubu.
In an emotional tone, Aisha Buhari thanked President Tinubu, the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, and the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, for supporting her family in their period of grief. She described the President’s visit as a source of consolation.
“I would like to pray for Nigeria, for peace to reign, for unity of the country, and for you, President Tinubu, to carry on with my late husband’s legacy of honesty, integrity, tolerance, accountability, and justice,” she said.
President Tinubu, while addressing the family, assured them that Buhari’s legacies will not be forgotten.
“We are just here to assure you that we share in your grief, we share in your pain. A loss in flesh is not a loss in the spirit, and the spirit that he left with us is a spirit of hard work, dedication, patriotism and honesty,” he said.
“We assure you and the entire family that we will continue with our leader’s legacy, the mark he made for Nigeria. We will continue on the path of honesty, integrity, and great character that he imbued in us. May God help Nigeria, keep us united and together in the promised land,” the President added.
Tinubu was accompanied on the visit by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and governors Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Mai Mala Buni (Yobe), Babagana Zulum (Borno), and Ahmed Aliyu (Sokoto).
Other members of the delegation included the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun; Minister of Budget and Planning, Atiku Bagudu; Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle; and National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
Earlier, the President attended the wedding of Nasirudeen Abdulaziz Yari, son of Senator Abdulaziz Yari, at Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna. He received the groom’s hand in marriage on behalf of the Yari family after the payment of a N1 million dowry was confirmed by the bride’s representative, Ibrahim Ashiru.
Tinubu commended the families for upholding noble traditions and urged the couple to build their marriage on faith, love, and mutual respect.
The event was attended by traditional rulers, politicians, business leaders, and clerics, with prayers offered for the nation and its leadership.
