The immediate younger brother to the Vice President, Namadi Sambo, Capt. Yusuf Sabo Sambo, died on Sunday as a result of a fatal motor accident on Bill Clinton Drive, Airport Road, Abuja.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President, Umar Sani, said until his death, the deceased was a pilot, who worked with the former Nigerian Airways and the Presidential Air Fleet, before retiring into private practice.
It stated that the late Capt. Sambo, who was born in 1956, died at the age of 58 years and was survived by his wife, three daughters, 10 brothers and sisters.
“He has since been buried at the Apo cemetery, Abuja according to Islamic rites in the presence of former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and several other dignitaries and sympathisers,” the statement said.
President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, on Sunday led some top government officials to pay condolence visit to the Vice President at his Akinola Aguda House official residence and described human beings as mere mortals, saying ‘death is a journey everybody must make.’
He said, “We are all mere mortals. All of us are from the Earth; we must all go back to the Earth. We do not know the timing of this journey all of us must make.
“This world is a place where we come to play our different roles. He (Yusuf) left too early. Maybe he left when the ovation is loudest. He left at a time we needed him most. But there is nothing we can do.”
The President also described the circumstances of the deceased’s death as saddening.
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