President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, said he would miss his political ally and fellow ex-service officer, Captain Joseph Din, who was buried in Jos, Plateau State.
According to him, ‘Captain Din’, who was Chairman of the Plateau State All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Council, would also be missed by his family, and the government and people of Plateau State, whom he loved so much and served with all his energy.
In a personally signed letter to the widow, Mrs Christiana Din, which was read in Church by the leader of the delegation, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, and quoted in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari described the departed as a broad-minded patriot.
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The President, who sent a strong delegation to the burial, said Captain Din, with whom he had served in the same unit in the army as a young officer, would be missed as a friend and political ally.
Of the late Captain Din, the departed elder statesman “was a trusted and very reliable friend. He was a broad-minded patriot whose approach to national issues was most practical and worthy of emulation. He was equally a peace-loving man.
“I also commiserate with the Plateau State Government and the All Progressives Congress family in the State on the demise of the Chairman of the party’s Elders Advisory Council, believing that his wise counsel would be sorely missed, especially at this time.
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