By Saidu Idris
365Daily– Yobe State Governor and Chairman APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, has expressed sadness over the death of the late Alh. Othman Bashir Tofa.
In a press statement signed by his Directot General, Press and Media Affairs, Mamman Mohammed, on Monday, December 3, 2021, Gov. Buni described the deceased as a fine gentleman, a true democrat and a nationalist.
He condoled the family of Late Alh. Othman Bashir Tofa, the government and people of Kano State.
Governor Buni sai: “It is with deep sorrow and sadness that l received the news of the passage of late Alh. Othman Bashir Tofa.
“He was an iconic politician who shares the values of politics as a call to service, to promote good governance and to improve the lives of the electorate.
“Late Tofa was a fine gentleman, a true democrat and a nationalist with a definition of politics as a tool for service delivery.”
The governor, who is also the Chairman of APC Caretaker Committee, said Nigeria lost the late politician at a time when the country’s democracy needs his wise counselling.
While praying that Allah (SWT) will grant him eternal rest in Aljannatur Firdausi and to grant his family, associates and the people of Kano state the fortitude to bear the loss, he lamented that Nigeria lost the late politician at a time when the country needed his wise counselling.