It is one loss too many for the number One helmsman, President Muhammadu Buhari, barely three days after the burial of his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba Kyari.
News reaching The Eagle indicates that the president just lost one of his personal bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity Mallam Garba Shehu issued a statement announcing the death in Abuja today.
The source of death was diabetes which the man had contended with three years now, according to the statement.
“After three years of struggling with diabetes, one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato, on Tuesday passed away.
” The President described the officer, who had been working with him for many years before he won the 2015 elections, as ‘very thorough, trustworthy and dependable soldier who carried out his duty with diligence and focus.’.
” President Buhari prayed that Allah will ease his passage to paradise and grant his family, government and people of Jigawa State, the fortitude to bear the loss.
” WO Mato was part of a team that former President Umaru Musa Yar’adua restored to President Buhari as personal security and he had been off full duty for three years, treating diabetes.” the statement said,
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May his soul rest in peace