President Bola Tinubu has paid a glowing tribute to the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He recently described Buhari as a good and honourable man whose legacy would endure for generations.
Speaking during a Special Federal Executive Council session held in Buhari’s honour at the State House in Abuja, Tinubu said that even though the late president was not perfect, his dedication to national service set him apart from the rest.
According to him, Buhari was a leader who led with discipline, patriotism, and moral uprightness, and because it is impossible to have a perfect leader, the incorruptible standard he represented will not be forgotten.
He stated that Buhari deserves praise for living a life of full service to Nigeria and total fidelity to God.
“President Buhari was not a perfect man, no leader is, but he was, in every sense of the word, a good man, a decent man, an honourable man.
His record will be debated, as all legacies are, but the character he brought to public life, the moral force he carried, the incorruptible standard he represented, will not be forgotten.
His was a life lived in full service to Nigeria, and in fidelity to God,” he said.
BAT further noted that Muhammadu was never tempted by power, stressing that the just leader focused all his energy on constantly standing for what is right.
He concluded by saluting late Buhari’s courage and patriotism, which was expressed more with action than words.
“He stood, always, ramrod straight; unmoved by the temptation of power, unseduced by applause and unafraid of the loneliness that often visits those who do what is right, rather than what is popular.
His was a quiet courage, a righteousness that never announced itself. His patriotism was lived more in action than in words.
Even in death, he maintained the serenity that defined him in life: not a sigh, not a groan, just a quiet submission to the will of God. Such was the man Nigeria has lost. Such was the man for whom our nation now mourns,” he added.
