AUGUST 10, 2013
former Head of State, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar
| credits: blueprintng.com
| credits: blueprintng.com
Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), said in Lagos on Friday that it was impossible for any country, including Nigeria, to exist or develop without peace.
Abdulsalami said this during a condolence visit to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, whose father, Pa Ibrahim Fashola, died on Monday.
“I keep saying that without peace there won’t be any country, without peace, there won’t be people and without peace there won’t be means of livelihood,” he said.
According to a statement by Fashola’s Special Adviser on Media, Hakeem Bello, Abdulsalami commended the governor on the future he is building for the state.
Fashola thanked the former leader for honouring his late father and his family.
“I hope that the leadership you provide for this country will continue to endure and through that leadership, much more enduring peace will spread around this country,” Fashola said.
The governor also appealed for peace in the country.
The general was accompanied by another former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.).
Also present during the visit were the governor’s wife, Emmanuella Fashola, the governor’s siblings and grandchildren of the deceased.
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