10 years after: You were president like no other, Ibori hails Yar’Adua

Former governor of Delta state, Chief James Onanefe Ibori has praised the sterling qualities of Nigeria’s late former president, Alhaji Umar Musa Yar’Adua

Ibori in remembrance of the 10th year anniversary of the demise of the late statesman, eulogized Yar’Adua’s personality, academic credentials and leadership qualities.

Posting via his twitter handle, @JamesIbori6, the former governor of Delta state described Yar’Adua as an agent of change.

The update is reproduced hereunder:

Mr President,

We remember you today… as an agent of change.

You constituted a Government of National Unity.

You gave opposition a sense of belonging and the latitude to vent.

You cherished the independence the constitution guaranteed the other Arms of Government. You were wholeheartedly committed to electoral reforms.

You exhibited in the exercise of power the knowledge that it flows from the electorate and must not be used recklessly.

You granted amnesty to the militants in the Niger Delta region.

You strengthened our hands to negotiate peace.

We will forever remember you in the Niger Delta. Nigeria will forever remember you as a gentleman President and an intellectual.

We thank God for your short yet impactful and exemplary service to your fatherland.

We pray Allah, exalted is He, to forgive your shortcomings, ease your account before Him, and admit you to Al-Jannah Firdaus.”

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