{"id":930,"date":"2012-07-04T23:08:46","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T22:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=930"},"modified":"2012-07-04T23:08:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T22:08:46","slug":"senator-albishir-was-a-stickler-for-rule-of-law-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/senator-albishir-was-a-stickler-for-rule-of-law-atiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Albishir Was A Stickler For Rule Of Law &#8211; Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed sadness at the demise of Senator Usman Albishir at the time the country needed his wisdom and experience to strengthen its democratic system.<\/p>\n<p>In a message of condolence released in Abuja by his media office, the former Vice President particularly paid tribute to Albishir\u2019s tenacity and respect for the rule of law during his struggle over Yobe state governorship petition in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku recalled that the late Senator Albishir peacefully explored legal avenues to get justice rather than urging his supporters to take the law into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>The former Vice President noted that such civilised approach to politics is worthy of emulation by our politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Senator Albishir\u2019s other virtues, Atiku praised his love of humanthrough his philanthropic activities which brought succour\u00a0 and smiles to many less privileged members of the society.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Turaki Adamawa, these shining virtues will live after Senator Albishir for many years to come.<\/p>\n<p>He prayed to the Almighty Allah to grant his family the strength and fortitude to bear the loss.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed sadness at the demise of Senator Usman Albishir at the time the country needed his wisdom and experience to strengthen its democratic system.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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