Former Executive Secretary of the defunct Federal Electoral Commission (FEDECO),
Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi is dead.
The electoral a body was responsible for overseeing the electoral process in Nigeria during the Second Republic (1979-1983).
Sources said Kurfi, who was the District Head of Kurfi Community in Katsina State, transited peacefully in the early hours of Friday after a brief illness.
Former President of Nigeria,
Muhammadu Buhari in a tribute described the late traditional ruler as the precursor of FEDECO.
Buhari who spoke through his spokesman, Garba Shehu said the death of Kurfi deprives Nigeria of one its wisest and most capable citizens, who gave everything to the nation in its quest for unity and development; and a man who, he said, had given purpose to elections.
“His able stewardship as a federal Permanent Secretary, and success as Secretary of the electoral commission are testament to his acumen, organizational skills and strategies.
“We consider it our good fortune in Katsina State to have had him for so long as an administrator, opinion leader and traditional ruler, who always led from the front. May it please Allah to grant him Aljannatul Firdaus.
“My condolences to the family of the deceased, the Emir and the members of the Katsina Emirate Council, Governor Dikko Umar Radda, and the people of the State, and the entire nation, over the loss of one of the leaders who showed Nigeria the way forward with their capacity and sagacity”, Buhari said.
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