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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid tribute to late President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, ten years after his demise.
Yar’Adua, the 13th President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, died on May 5, 2010 at the Aso Rock presidential villa, after his arrival from Saudi Arabia where he went for medical treatment for Pericarditis.
Remembering his former principal decade after, in a series of tweets on Tuesday, Jonathan described the late President Yar’Adua as ‘a President like no other who lived and died for the sake of his country. He stood on the side of the people, toiling day and night to make their lives better’.
He wrote: “It has been a decade since His Excellency President Umar Musa Yar’Adua was snatched by the cold hands of death. On this day, every year, his image fills our consciousness as a mark of his selflessness, typical modesty and exceptional flair.
“He was a President like no other who lived and died for the sake of his country. He stood on the side of the people, toiling day and night to make their lives better.
“President Yar’Adua built strong bridges of hope, love and understanding for which he became a force for national unity and positive change across our blessed land.
“In many ways he stood out. He had an accommodating spirit and enormous goodwill that secreted a web around our national fault lines to strengthen the bond; thus leaving for his successors the task of reinforcing the band.
“President Yar’Adua no doubt left enduring legacies in his wholehearted devotion to the ideals of democracy, respect for peoples’ rights, freedoms and reason for living as well as commitment to the rule of law and laws of equity and justice.
“I will continue to remember President Yar’Adua as a colleague and boss who became my brother and friend.”
