Although the circumstances surrounding his death is yet to
be ascertained, President Buhari in a statement released by his media aide,
Garba Shehu, mourned the former Minister who he described as an ''ally and
friend''.
President Buhari said that the man he usually calls “the
indomitable Tam David-West,” truly had an indomitable spirit. According to him,
David-West who was the former Commissioner of Education in the old Rivers
State, Minister of Petroleum and Energy under his military regime, and Minister
of Mines, Power and Steel under Gen. Ibrahim Babangida regime, “had an
indomitable spirit and stood resolutely by whatever he believed in, and was in
a class of his own as an academic, author of many books, and social critic.
The President
commiserated with the David-West family, the people of Buguma, Kalabari Kingdom
of Rivers State, the academia, and all those who loved “the forthright Tam
David-West.”
He prayed that God
will rest the soul of the ''committed nationalist'', urging all those who believe
in the ideals he espoused to follow his example for the good of Nigeria and
humanity in general.
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