Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said late President Muhammadu Buhari was a patriot who tried his best to give the country the needed progress and development.

Obasanjo, in a statement through his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, on Sunday in Abeokuta, said the news of the death of his former colleague, President Buhari, was received with a heavy heart.

Obasanjo said,” It is with a heavy heart I received the news of the passing of a colleague, a comrade, a cool patriot and a soldier, General Muhammadu Buhari,

“He played his role as a soldier, as an administrator and a statesman among numerous obligations he performed,

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“At a time like this, we need the totality of the experience and what I may call statesmanship of all those who had opportunities to run the affairs of this country to get us out of the situation we are in.

” Buhari will be sorely missed and may his soul rest in perfect peace,” Obasanjo stated. (NAN)