‘He backed Nigeria’s case for debt cancellation’, Obasanjo mourns Desmond Tutu

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has declared that the death of anti-apartheid scion, pro-democracy guru, and human rights crusader, Archbishop Desmond Tutu was a personal loss to him.

Tutu died on Sunday morning at the age of 90.

The former president in a condolence letter to the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa recalled the role played by late Tutu in getting the country’s debt cancelled.

The letter, which was released to journalists in Abeokuta by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, said, “Tutu had been part of…