President Muhammadu Buhari and PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubabar have mourned a prominent Kano businessman and politician, Alhaji Uba Leader.
Alhaji Uba Leader died on Saturday and buried on Sunday in Kano.
Buhari said Leader’s demise has robbed the people of Kano State of one of its greatest business moguls who contributed to its development.
In a condolence statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu on Sunday in Abuja, Buhari said:
“The late Uba Leader had contributed significantly to his community, but he wasn’t making noise about his noble deeds.
”His unostentatious charity was a reflection of his humility.”
The president called on other citizens to emulate leader’s example of modesty.
Buhari also paid tribute to Leader’s persistent efforts to promote religious harmony, saying that “as a prominent figure in the Tijaniyya movement, he contributed to the promotion of religious tolerance in the country.”
While extending his condolences to the Kano State Government and the Tijaniyya movement, Buhari prayed to Allah “to forgive the soul of the deceased and reward his virtuous deeds with paradise.”
Atiku in a condolence message on Sunday, said the accomplished businessman and a true leader in his own right, will sorely be missed. But we are consoled by the good life he lived and the indelible legacies he left behind.
The PDP presidential flagbearer who also commiserated with the business community on the death of the philanthropist said Alhaji Uba Leader was among the businessmen who contributed to the development of the economy and making of Kano the commercial nerve centre of Northern Nigeria.
‘’I pray to Allah, the benevolent and the merciful, to forgive his sins and grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss, ‘’Atiku said in the message.
