In separate reactions, President Muhammadu Buhari and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed their shock and sadness over the death of Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustapha early Saturday.
In a release signed by the spokesperson for the president, Femi Adesina, Buhari said: “On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President Buhari extends heartfelt condolences to the late Deputy Governor’s immediate family and his relatives”.
Adesina added: “The President similarly commiserates with Governor Kashim Shettima and the entire people of Borno State on the loss of Alhaji Zannah who passed away while on an official assignment in Yola, Adamawa State.
“President Buhari joins Governor Shettima, members of Alhaji Zannah’s family, his friends, political associates, colleagues in the Borno State Government, constituents and supporters in praying that Almighty Allah will receive his soul and grant him eternal rest.”
In their own reaction, the PDP in a statement Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said the Acting National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, on behalf of the National Executive Committee (NEC), said it was shocked by the sudden death of the deputy governor.
The party commiserated with Borno state Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the Mustapha family, the people of Borno state and the All Progressives
Congress (APC) family for the loss, while praying to God to grant the departed eternal rest.
The deputy governor died on Saturday in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, of suspected heart failure.
