Buhari, Jonathan, Obasanjo, govs mourn as ex-ING head, Shonekan, dies at 85 - Punch Newspapers

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The statement read, “President Buhari received with profound sadness the news of the death of a great statesman and former Head of the Interim National Government, Ernest Shonekan. It read, “Following the death of the former Head of the Interim Government, late Chief Ernest Shonekan, GCFR, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that the national flag be flown at half-mast.

In his condolence letter to the deceased’s widow, copy of which was made available to journalists in Abeokuta by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, the former President described Shonekan as “a role model and an epitome of the good in the nation’s business firmament of mixed blessings.”

 

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