Vice President of Nigeria, Arc. Namadi Sambo today lost his immediate younger brother Capt. Sabo Sambo in a car accident along the Abuja Airport Road today, Sunday April 27 2014. Captain Sabo was reportedly on his way to the airport to catch a flight when he crashed into a tree and his car went up in flames at the Bill Clinton drive Airport Road Abuja.
It was gathered that he has since been buried at the Apo cemetery, Abuja according to Islamic rites.
Some of those reportedly present at the burial ceremony included the former military President Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and several other dignitaries and sympathizers. The deceased was a qualified pilot who worked with the former Nigerian Airways and the Presidential Air Fleet before retiring to be on his own.
Late Capt. Sambo was born in 1956, and died at the age of 58. He is survived by his wife, three daughters and 10 brothers and sisters.
PUNCH online reported that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was at the Aguda House residence of the Vice President in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to personally condole him over the sad event.
#Kai, may his soul R.I.P.
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