Buhari mourns Leadership publisher Nda-Isaiah, says ‘he will be sorely missed’

President Muhammadu Buhari says the late publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah “will be sorely missed”.

Nda-Isaiah died on Friday evening aged 58.

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement titled, ‘Nda-Isaiah; He was a friend and ally, says President Buhari’ quoted the President as describing the deceased as “a friend and ally.”

Adesina said the President condoled the media fraternity, the Nda-Isaiah family, friends, and associates of the deceased.

“The country has lost a man of conviction, a resolute and dogged believer in a better Nigeria.

“He will be sorely missed. This is a massive fish gone out of the media ocean,” Buhari was further quoted as saying of the pharmacist, renowned columnist, and one-time presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.