The Obidients family, Labour Party, and its Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi have been thrown into mourning following the death of the party’s Zonal Chairman in Kaduna State, Mallam Lawal Garba.
Garba died in a fatal car crash along the Kaduna-Zaria road on his way back home from the party’s engagement with Northern stakeholders in Arewa House, Kaduna, on Monday.
In a statement signed by the Chief Spokesman of the Party’s Presidential Campaign, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, in Abuja, on Tuesday, Obi said he was saddened by the news of the sudden death of Mallam Lawal Garba
He stated that receiving the news of Mallam Garba’s death, ” just an hour after he left us as devastating and shocking.
“He was a great party leader, a great guide and adviser to the Labour Party in the planning and prosecution of the Presidential Campaigns.
“My heart goes to the family, the teaming Labour Party members, the Obidients family, the entire people of Tudun Wada and the Kaduna State in general.”
Mallam Lawal Garba had joined other party faithfuls to see off the presidential candidate and his vice, Datti Baba-Ahmed, who were returning to Abuja after the engagement at the Arewa House.
Having seen them to the Kaduna Airport, he was going back home when the accident occurred.
Obi noted that the late party chieftain died a matyr because he lost his life fighting to rescue the Nigerian State from total collapse.
The LP Presidential Candidate prayed for God to grant the late patriarch’s soul eternal rest even as he urged members of the party and the Obidients family to work harder to ensure victory for Labour candidates in the forthcoming general elections so that his death will not be in vain.
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