Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has
revealed how the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua inspired him with his
extraordinary courage and organisational and mobilisation skills.
Atiku made the revelation on Friday in
a tribute marking the 20th memorial anniversary of the soldier,
politician and democracy martyr.
In a statement in Abuja on Friday,
Atiku Abubakar said he was inspired by the courage of conviction of the late
Katsina General.
Atiku Abubakar described Shehu Yar’Adua as a fearless politician
who was not ready to compromise his principles at the expense of the cause he
was fighting.
He noted that, although Yar’Adua was a military man, his passion
for democracy was amazing and his courage extraordinary.
Atiku also explained that Yar’dua’s patriotism and commitment to
Nigeria’s unity and peaceful coexistence was one of the remarkable virtues that
attracted him to the Katsina General.
According to Atiku, Shehu Musa Yar’Adua was not a timid democrat
who abandoned his beliefs because of fear or opportunistic reasons for
political survival.
Atiku explained that, during the 1994/95 National Constitutional
Conference, General Yar’Adua was among the few voices that had told General
Sani Abacha not to stay longer than one year in office and prepare a transition
programme within the shortest time frame.
He said Yar’dua’s position turned out to be inconsistent with
General Abacha’s hidden agenda, that from that moment, Yar’adua’s became a
marked man.
The former Vice President said the mentorship of Yar’Adua is
enduring to his political life especially as it relates to the unity of
Nigeria and the promotion and defence of its.
Describing Yar’Adua as a man of excellence, the Waziri Adamawa
said that the former Chief of Staff Supreme Headquarters deserved a unique
place in the pantheon of Nigeria’s democratic heroes.
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