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Tribute to Late Major General Abdullahi Mohammed Adangba-Dembo

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"FqTjukZM" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By AbdurRaheem Sa&&num;8217&semi;ad Dembo anipr<&sol;p><div class&equals;"XBTRfPnu" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Death is an inevitable transaction as no one has immunity against its mode of operation&comma; and it stings like rampaging bees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On 5th November&comma;2025 Major General Abdullahi Mohammed Adangba&lpar;rtd&rpar; succumbed to the cold hand of death&period;Innalillahi waina Ilaihi rajiun&period;I would have prepared this tribute a day after his demise but I have been in transit from one place to another since I&&num;8217&semi;m currently on my annual leave&period;Be that as it may&comma; better late than never&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The former Chief of staff to President Obasanjo and Yar&&num;8217&semi;adua was a gallant officer with an impeccable character&period;He was also an intelligent officer&comma;who served as a former Governor in the old Benue-Plateau State between 1975 -1976 and Founder of National Security Organisation now Department of State Service from 1976 to 1979<&sol;p><div class&equals;"JnTccP3W" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Last week when I was in Abuja and I paid a visit to my mentor in the PR profession and the publisher of PRNigeria&comma; Yushau Shuaib&comma;he described the late Major General Abdullahi Mohammed as one of the most intelligent Army officers in the history of Nigerian Army&period;He also said the country would miss him as his advice in the area of counter insurgency would have helped a great deal<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Adangba&comma;as we usually referred to him&comma;as a Chief of Staff to Obasanjo touched many lives positively in Ilorin and beyond&period;This is not hearsay but what I knew&comma;saw and heard&period;He facilitated many employment opportunities for Ilorin indigenes across military &comma;paramilitary agencies and MDAs&period;A very meticulous Army officer who did not believe in the so called public endorsement when he offered help&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Through his magnanimous employment opportunities&comma;a friend of mine&comma;a friend of my friend&comma;a friend of my nephew and so on benefitted from him&period;He was a man who would be running around for you without your consent just for you to be great and be of help to others&period;He was a builder of men<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Significantly&comma; some of those he had assisted are also in position&comma; where they are currently offering help to others<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I owe him this piece not because I have benefitted directly from his selflessness but humanity emphasises on paying good with good&period;If I had not benefitted from him at least hundreds of Ilorin indigenes did and invariably I have benefitted too&period;He was a builder of men<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement by Bayo Onanuga&comma; President Tinubu Described General Mohammed as a disciplined&comma;loyal&comma; and patriotic officer whose remarkable service to the nation spanned decades of distinguished contributions to Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s stability and governance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Talking about Late General Abdullahi Mohammed&&num;8217&semi;s integrity and commitment to service of the country would be inexhaustible as many eminent Nigerians include Emir of Ilorin&comma; Alhaji Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari&comma; Former President Obasanjo&comma;Gov Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq&comma; Former Senate President&comma; Abubakar Bukola Saraki&comma; Senator Saliu Mustapha and others have paid tributes to the late astute General&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>May Allah in His infinite mercies forgive his shortcomings and grant him aljannah Firdaus&comma; and give his family&comma; Ilorin Emirate and Nigeria the fortitude to bear the loss<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>abdurraheemsaaddembo&commat;gmail&period;com<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; 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