Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda, on Tuesday, recounted a conversation he had with the late President, Muhammadu Buhari, which centred on the incumbent President Bola Tinubu.
Radda recalled how Buhari expressed pity for President Tinubu for summoning enough courage to remove fuel subsidy.
Buhari died on Sunday at a London clinic at the age of 82. He was buried on Tuesday at his Daura residence with full military honours.
The Katsina Governor, who was addressing journalists on the sidelines of Buhari’s burial in Daura, said, “Let me use his words: ‘I pity Bola (President Tinubu) for what he is doing. He is a brave man for removing the fuel subsidy.
“When I was president, whenever I made an attempt to remove the subsidy, a lot of people would give me too many reasons not to do so.
“But Bola did it immediately. If he had consulted people, he could not have removed the fuel subsidy now’.”
Radda also noted that Buhari’s death had created a vacuum that would be difficult to fill.
