The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday quoted the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , as saying that the late publisher, Isa Funtua, who d
ied recently helped in strengthening his regime.
He said in the letter, which he personally signed, the President described Funtua’s death as a major national loss.He said the President told the bereaved wife, Hajiya Hauwa, the children and the entire family members that this loss was not theirs alone, but that of the entire country.
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