By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Just as Nigerians are yet to come to terms with the tragic death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash in Kaduna on Friday with ten other senior military officers, another tragic crash has claimed yet another Nigerian.
This time, it is the family of a former Senate President, the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, that has been thrown into deep mourning with the death of their son, Pharaoh Okadigbo.
Pharaoh died in Abuja on Sunday (today) when his white Toyota Camry car with Registration number RBC 70 BG ran under a stationary Coca Cola truck along Life Camp, Gwarinpa byepass.
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to the Okadigbo.
The late Cicero of the Nigerian Senate was Buhari’s running mate in the 2003 presidential election.
The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Sunday.
Buhari said: ”It is very sad to lose such a promising young man, with so much potentials and passion for youth involvement in the socio-political development of Nigeria.”
The President noted that the late Pharaoh had, at an early age, keyed into the vision of a better Nigeria, not just for the privileged but for all and sundry, which he (the President) shared with Pharaoh’s late father, Chuba Okadigbo.
”The nation will miss a firm believer in the necessity for people to work in collaboration with governments at all levels to achieve the better society we all wish for,” he added.
The president prayed that God would comfort family, friends and associates and repose the soul of the departed.
