Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has recounted a conversation he had with the late President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Radda recalled how Buhari told him he pitied President Bola Tinubu for being brave enough to remove the subsidy on fuel.
Buhari passed away on Sunday at a London clinic at the age of 82 and was buried on Tuesday at his Daura residence with full military honours.
Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of Buhari’s burial in Daura, the governor 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’.”
The governor also noted that the former President’s death has created a vacuum that would be difficult to fill.
