Nigerian Ambassador To US, Nsofor Passes On, Buhari Mourns

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his hurts over the death of Justice Sylvanus Nsofor,
Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States.

The President on Friday mourned Nsofor in a statement titled “President Buhari mourns Ambassador Nsofor; calls him a man of rare courage.”

The 85-year-old Ambassador was said to have died on Thursday evening in the US.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, through the statement said Buhari had spoken with the deceased’s widow, Jane on the telephone to commiserate with her and the family.

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The President, while speaking with the wife, describe Nsofot as “an outstanding judge of rare courage and truth who is not afraid to give justice to whom justice is due.”

Shehu added that the President has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work with the deceased’s family on his burial arrangement.

The statement read in part, “Apparently referring to the 2003 presidential election during which Justice Nsofor delivered a minority judgment as a member of the election appeal panel in favour of Gen. Buhari as candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, the President said the country will miss people with such exemplary pedigree.

“President Buhari, who has directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to work with Justice Nsofor’s family on the burial arrangements, prayed God to comfort all who mourn the departed jurist and grant his soul eternal rest.”