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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in the early hours of Saturday, expressed shock and sadness at the death of the publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah.
Nda-Isaiah died on Friday evening aged 58.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement titled, ‘Nda-Isaiah; He was a friend and ally, says President Buhari’ quoted the President as describing the deceased as “a friend and ally.”
Adesina said the President condoled the media fraternity, the Nda-Isaiah family, friends, and associates of the deceased.
“The country has lost a man of conviction, a resolute and dogged believer in a better Nigeria.
“He will be sorely missed. This is a massive fish gone out of the media ocean,” Buhari was further quoted as saying of the pharmacist, renowned columnist, and one-time presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress
