"You don't speak evil of the dead" so goes the saying. And that's what Gov. Babangida Aliyu of Niger seems to be saying as he chided those Nigerians reported to
have celebrated the death of late Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State,
describing them as "inhuman''.
Aliyu made the remark while receiving the Speaker of Niger House of
Assembly, Alhaji Adamu Usman who led other members of the Assembly to
pay a condolence visit on him.
Aliyu was
with regard to his position as chairman of the Northern Governors'
Forum.
"No matter the religion one professes, the simple tenet is that we
should sympathise with the dead and the bereaved and pray for the repose
of the soul of the departed whose death is a colossal loss,’’ the
governor said.
He described as unreligious and inhuman the Nigerians reported to
have through the social media rejoiced over the death of the former
governor..
"Immediately we start praying for our leaders to die, then we are
asking that the whole society should die. We must pray for our leaders.
We must go back to our faith and practise our religion as demanded by
the almighty Allah.
"We must talk to our children. We must be involved in the moral and
religious education of our children. This development shows that we are
failing in the duty to train our children,’’ Aliyu said.
He described late Yakowa as a bridge-builder who brought Muslims and
Christians in Kaduna state together, saying the late governor provided
peace and tranquillity.
Earlier, Usman had said the legislators were impressed with the
humility the late governor displayed throughout his lifetime which
endeared him to a large number of Nigerians.
He said Speakers in the Northern part of the country received the
news with great shock but were consoled that the deceased had left an
indelible mark in the sand of times.
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