President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the
death of the first President of the Christian Council of Nigeria, now Christian
Association of Nigeria, Rev. Luther Dabirong Cishak.
President Buhari, in a tribute in memory of the religious
leader, issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam
Garba Shehu, in Abuja, described the deceased as “one of Nigeria’s finest and
greatest religious leaders.’’
He added that late Rev. Cishak, who died at the age of 88,
was a gentleman passionately devoted to the promotion of peaceful coexistence,
tolerance, social harmony and mutual respect between Christians and Muslims in
Plateau and the country in general.
The President recalled that in a 2003 crisis that rocked the
state, the late Rev. Cishak risked his life in order to protect others from
being killed by mobs.
“This kind of sacrifice for peace is an uncommon virtue that
must be extolled by all patriotic Nigerians,’’ he added
Buhari, therefore, extended his condolences to the family of
the deceased and the Christian Association of Nigeria.
President Buhari also mourned the popular Hausa actor,
Kasimu Yero, who died after a protracted illness.
He described the deceased as “one of the greatest, talented
and most entertaining actors of our time.’’
Buhari said the Nigerian film industry would miss such “a
popular film star and a household name whose impact would be felt for years to
come.’’
He condoled with the family of Yero and prayed to Allah to
forgive his gentle soul.
Veteran actor Kasimu Yero died in Kaduna on Sunday at the
age of 70.
The deceased’s eldest son, Mansur Kasimu-Yero, had told the
News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna that his father died at his residence in
Magajin Gari, Kaduna, after a protracted illness.
Yero, who was buried at Bachama Road Cemetery in Kaduna, is
survived by eight children.
He would be fondly remembered for his role as ‘Uncle Gaga’
in the now rested ’80s situational comedy, Cock Crow At Dawn, and as one of the
lead characters in Abubakar Imam’s TV series, Magana Jari Ce.
The deceased was one of the early popular northern faces in
Nigeria’s entertainment industry and had the flair of interpreting humorous
scripts.
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