{"id":508,"date":"2025-07-17T20:40:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=508"},"modified":"2025-07-17T20:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T20:43:11","slug":"buhari-left-his-boots-in-corridors-of-power-akpabio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=508","title":{"rendered":"Buhari left his boots in corridors of power \u2013 Akpabio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday paid tribute to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a man of discipline and integrity who left a lasting imprint on Nigeria\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the special session of the Expanded Federal Executive Council meeting held in Buhari\u2019s honour, Akpabio said the former president may not have been perfect, but he stood firmly for discipline, honour and patriotism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tiwa Savage - You4Me (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JF3aUxOWgwk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Buhari did not merely pass through the corridors of power. He left his boots and his imprints in them. Buhari was not perfect. No leader is. But he was principled. He stood for something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018In a world where it is easy to chase headlines, he chose instead to chase honour. Where others sought glory, he sought duty,\u201d Akpabio said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senate President, who once served as a minister under Buhari\u2019s administration, described the late leader as austere and unflamboyant, yet driven by a deep sense of duty and patriotism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akpabio said, \u201cAs a minister in his cabinet, appointed by him, I saw President Buhari unplugged. He was not flamboyant\u2014far from it. His voice was measured. His steps, deliberate. His public demeanour, austere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut beneath that calm exterior beat the heart of a patriot\u2014unyielding, unbending, and utterly uninterested in personal comfort when duty called.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that Buhari\u2019s legacy was not only in his achievements but also in the moral standard he upheld in governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe believed that discipline mattered. That integrity mattered. That leadership, even when lonely, must be anchored in something greater than power,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akpabio acknowledged that Buhari\u2019s style may have attracted criticism but maintained that even his critics could not question his moral uprightness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, \u201cLet us be honest\u2014he was tough. He was a soldier who did not flinch under fire, a leader who did not flee from responsibility, and above all, a Nigerian whose loyalty to this nation was never up for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd yes, some disagreed with him. That is the nature of democracy. But even his fiercest critics will admit: he did not pilfer the nation\u2019s purse, nor pander to its pleasures. He remained, to the very end, a sentinel of Spartan simplicity and austere integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Akpabio concluded that Buhari\u2019s name would be remembered in history not for flamboyance or fanfare, but for his resolute commitment to national duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLet it be said by generations to come, that a man once walked this land with a firm gait, a steady gaze, and an iron sense of duty. His name was Muhammadu Buhari,\u201d he stated. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/buhari-left-his-boots-in-corridors-of-power-akpabio\/\">(Punch)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday paid tribute to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a man of discipline and integrity who left a lasting imprint on Nigeria\u2019s leadership. 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