DAILY TRUST
President Muhammadu Buhari has eulogized the First Republic Minister of Aviation, Late Chief Mbazulike Amechi, describing him as a patriot whose character Nigerians should emulate for the peace and growth of the country.
Speaking on Tuesday at a’ Day of Tribute’, organised in honour of Chief Amechi at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Centre, Abuja, Buhari narrated how Amechi accommodated late Nelson Mandela in his house in Lagos.
He said at the time, Mandela was declared wanted by the then apartheid regime in South Africa,
Buhari also said that such gesture stands out the late elder statesman as a patriot and lover of humanity.
He added that the late elder statesman intervened in issues concerning the country to ensure that not only the South East but the entire country is at peace.
Represented by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, President Buhari said Amechi, will be missed as his demise will leave a vacuum in the sands of history in the country.
The President said, “Mbazulike Amechi is an epitome of what every Nigerian leader should be aspiring to be. He was a man of peace and did everything possible to ensure that there is unity and peace in every part of the country.”
He also narrated how Amechi, before his demise, paid him a courtesy call at the presidential villa in the company of some notable elders from the South East and requested that the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu should be released to him.
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