Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as an indomitable fighter, who contributed
Obasanjo said this in a condolence letter to President Emmerson Manangagwa of Zimbabwe, a copy which was made available to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday through his Media Aide, Kehinde Akinyemi.
“It is, therefore, with a profound sense of sympathy that I write, on behalf of myself and my family, to commiserate with you and the entire good people of Zimbabwe over the painful transition of former President Robert Mugabe. “Having followed with keen interest his heroic struggles to secure an independent Zimbabwe in 1980, President Mugabe had become much more than a leader to his people.
“Quite retaining is the memory of the honour of Nigeria being classified a frontline state in those years,” Obasanjo said.He added that the late Mugabe was, without doubt, one of the greatest freedom fighters to have walked on the African soil. The death of a leader of President Mugabe’s stature is a big loss, not only to his immediate family and country, but to the whole of Africa.
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