The member
representing Bassa Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly,
Sunday
Shigaba, has called on the state government to immortalise Late Lt Col
Muhammadu Abu Ali, a native of Bassa Local Government Area who was killed
during a Boko Haram attack on November 4th, 2016.
The lawmaker
who made the appeal on Tuesday, eulogised Abu Ali as a hero who played a
gallant role in the recovery of Moguno, Baga, New Marte, Bama, Gwoza and
several other towns from the Boko Haram.
He said: “The death
of this gallant soldier from Kogi
State should therefore
not be in vain. He paid the Supreme sacrifice for our country. He left a wife
and children behind and the family should not be allowed to suffer.”
Shigaba thereby
appealed to the State government to name a public building or facility after
Abu Ali, and to offer his children scholarships from primary to tertiary
institutions of their choice.
