I didn’t attend Buhari’s burial because of parking space challenges at Katsina airport, says Akpabio

The Senate President Godswill Akpabio has explained that he alongside his colleagues could no attend the burial of former President Muhammadu Buhari because of parking space challenges at the Katsina airport.

Penpushing reports that Akpabio in a post on his official Facebook page, stated that their aircraft could not land at Katsina Airport due to lack of space, adding that that he, however, returned to Katsina on Wednesday to condole with the family of the deceased.

“Yesterday (Tuesday), after several attempts by the pilot to land our aircraft in Katsina State, due to traffic and lack of parking space in the airport, we had to return to Abuja, and as such, we couldn’t attend the burial ceremony of our late former President.

‘Today (Wednesday), in company of some of my distinguished colleagues, I paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former President Buhari. We offered prayers for the repose of the soul of our late President and for Allah to give the wife, children, the larger Buhari family, friends, and associates the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss’, Akpabio stated.

“We were also at the residence of the Emir of Daura, Umar Faruk, to condole through him, the people of the Emirate on the demise of our late Leader. We also visited the Governor of Katsina State, Dikko Radda, to condole the people of Katsina State, through him’, he wrote on Facebook.

Penpushing further reports that Akpabio served as the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs under Buhari’s administration, who was the President from 2015 to 2023, and died on Sunday at a London Clinic after a prolonged illness.

The former president, who has served the country both as a military officer and as an elected president, died at the age of 82, and was susbequently buried on Tuesday in his hometown of Daura, Katsina State.

Penpushing also reports that the burial attracted friends and political associates, including President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, serving and former governors, and ministers among others.

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