By Joseph Edeh
A former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mike Okiro, said that the death of former President Shehu Shagari was a monumental loss to Nigeria.
Okiro stated this in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity , Mr Supreme Ibitomi on Saturday in Abuja.
He said that Shagari would be remembered for his contribution as a bastion of democracy in Nigeria.
Okiro condoled with his family, people of Sokoto state and Nigeria as a whole.
He prayed to God to give the family and entire Nigerians the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss.
The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN ) reports that Shagari was the country's civilian president on the platform of the defunct National Party of Nigeria ( NPN) from 1979 to 1983.( NAN)
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