Former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (Rtd), has described late Doctor Muhammadu Sanusi Barkindo as a friend and patriot that served Nigeria and the international community meritoriously in different positions and left behind indelible marks.
Buratai who paid a condolence visit to the family of the of the former Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretary-General, late Doctor Muhammadu Sanusi Barkindo, Walin Adamawa and the Lamido of Adamawa on Sunday stressed that the death of the late Walin Adamawa was a significant loss not just to the family and the nation but to the international community too.
Ambassador Buratai further conveyed his deepest condolences to the bereaved family as well as the government and people of Adamawa State over the huge loss, praying Almighty Allah to grant the deceased aljannah Firdausi.
Special prayers were said for the late Walin Adamawa, praying Allah forgive his shortcomings and granted him aljannah Firdausi.
It will be recalled that the former OPEC Secretary-General died at about 11.00 pm on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in Abuja at the age of 63, and he has since been buried according to Islamic injunctions.
Ambassador Tukur Buratai, was accompanied to the condolence visit by his friend and former Director at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Doctor Manzo Ahmed, a former Director of Army Public Relations Brigadier General Sani Usman Kukasheka (rtd) and Alhassan Sultan.
