President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Katsina commiserated with the Katsina Emirate Council and the family of late Chief Imam of the Juma’at Mosque, Liman Lawal, who passed away on Sunday.
Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said the President was accompanied on the condolence visit by Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State.
The presidential aide said that President Buhari was received at the palace by the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman.
The President told family members of the late Chief Imam to take solace in the fact the religious leader lived a fulfilled and God-fearing life.
He prayed that God would grant the deceased eternal rest and comfort his family.
In his remarks, the Emir commended the president for his forthrightness, steadfastness and patriotism in providing good leadership for the country.
He prayed that God would always protect him against enemies of progress.
The Emir said the myriad security challenges facing the country were the handiwork of detractors, who wanted to discredit the President.
He, therefore, urged him to remain resolute and focused in finding lasting solutions to the problems faced by ordinary Nigerians.
He said: “Most of the issues in security are deliberately created by detractors to distract you from the good work you are doing and I can assure you, by God’s grace, they will not succeed,’’ he said.
“As far as we are concerned,’’ he said, “you are doing a good job to clean up the country and restore it on the path of honour and dignity.’’
President Buhari, who was in Daura, Katsina state for the All Progressives Party’s Ward Congress, had since returned to Abuja after the visit.
