The Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it learnt with shock, the death of elder statesman, Solomon Daushep Lar, the First Civilian Governor of Plateau State and First National Chairman of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
It noted that Lar was a colourful politician of substance, a first-class patriot and an accomplished administrator. As pioneer Chairman of PDP, he played a significant role in laying a solid foundation on which his successors built to make the party the poster boy of Nigerian politics and in sustaining and growing our hard-won democracy.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, noted that Lar’s death is “coming on the heels of that of another of our former leaders, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, has robbed both our great party and the country at large of a rare voice of wisdom.
“We pray that God Almighty will accept his soul in eternity and grant us Nigerians the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
“We hereby send our condolences to the Lar family, to the Plateau State Government, to President Goodluck Jonathan and to all Nigerians. A great man has departed! Adieu, Solomon Daushep Lar.
