President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commiserated with the Christian community on the death of the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Musa Asake.
The President’s condolence message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.
The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari joins the national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria and the Christian community in Nigeria in mourning the passing on of the General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. (Dr.) Musa Asake.
“The President, while commiserating with the family of the late reverend, prays that God Almighty will comfort all those who mourn the departed, and grant his soul eternal rest.”
Also, the Northern Christian Elders Forum said it received with shock the death of Asake, describing him as a hero.
The organisation also described him as the epitome of humility whose death “has created a very big vacuum in the body of Christ in Nigeria.”
The Public Relations Officer of NOCEF, Sunday Oibe, in a statement issued on Friday, entitled, ‘Musa Asake: We’ve lost a strong pillar’, said the deceased was humble, unassuming and not materialistic.
According to him, Asake will be greatly missed in the conglomeration of 15 churches under the aegis of Tarayar Ekklisiyoyin Kristi A Nigeria (meaning, Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Christians) and Evangelical Church Winning All.