President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Gabriel Igboanugo, a man he fondly called ‘Daddy’, when he (Buhari) was General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3 Armoured Division, Nigerian Army, Jos.

The president conveyed his feelings in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abuja.

Igboanugo, who died at 95, was the Principal Education Officer at Command Secondary School, Jos, and had a close relationship with the then GOC.

Adesina said that Lady Margaret Igboanugo, the wife of the deceased, informed the president of the demise of her husband in a private letter.

“My husband, who you used to fondly call ‘Daddy,’ passed away the way he lived – peacefully and in comfort – in his home in Ihiala in Anambra.

“’He will be buried there on Friday, November 27, 2020,” the statement quoted Igboanugo’s widow as saying in the letter.

Buhari commiserated with the Igboanugo family, urging them to take solace in the fact that their patriarch lived long and touched the lives of many people positively. (NAN)