Peter Obi's reaction after strong northern ally dies in motor accident

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has reacted to the tragic death of the party's zonal chairman in Kaduna state, Mallam Lawal Garba.

Garba lost his life in an auto crash along the Kaduna-Zaria road on Monday, October 17.

He was reported to have been coming back from a party function when the tragic incident occurred.

Peter Obi in a statement signed by the chief spokesman of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Dr Yunusa Tanko, in Abuja, on Tuesday said he was saddened by the news of the sudden death of Mallam Lawal Garba.

He said Mallam Garba’s death was devastating and shocking as he had just left barely an hour ago.

The presidential candidate said: “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 teeming Labour Party members, the Obidients family, the entire people of Tudun Wada and the Kaduna State in general.”

Garba joined other party dignitaries to see off the presidential candidate and his vice, Datti Baba Ahmed who had attended the engagement at the Arewa House.

Obi noted that the late party chieftain died a martyr 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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