President Muhammadu Buhari has taken pity on the former president good luck jonathan for the death of his two personal employees in a traffic accident.
The president, in a statement Friday from his press aide Garba Shehu, joined other Nigerians in praying for the repose of the deceased.
He urged the families of the victims to view his death as a sacrifice for the nation.
Mr. Buhari expressed his gratitude to God that Mr. Jonathan was unharmed in the accident.
For this reason, he urged the former president, who is also his predecessor, not to be distracted from his frequent local and international trips that are linked to the construction of peace in the country and abroad.
The two aides, Ibrahim Abazi and Yakubu Toma, both police inspectors, were killed in a traffic accident involving the former president’s convoy near Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe airport.
Two other officers suffered injuries in the accident involving a car carrying the security men. The injured were rushed to a hospital in Abuja, where they are responding to treatment.
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Since then, Mr. Jonathan has offered his condolences to the families of the deceased police officers, as well as to the police authorities.
In a statement from his media assistant Ikechukwu Eze, the former president expressed sadness at the unfortunate death of the officers.
He described the incident as painful.
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