Simon Lalong
According to a report by Punch Metro, the Plateau State Governor,
Simon Lalong, on Monday paid a condolence visit to the wife of late
Major-Gen. Idris Alkali (retd), saying his killers would not go
unpunished.
A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on
Media and Publicity, Mark Longyen, said Lalong, during the visit to
family in their Abuja residence was accompanied by top government
officials and traditional rulers.
According to him, Lalong also presented a condolence letter to the
widow of the deceased senior Army officer, Hajiya Salamatu Idris Alkali.
The letter reads: “I received with deep shock and great
sadness, the news of the unfortunate death of your beloved husband, the
late Major-General Idris Alkali.
“It is very unfortunate, painful and highly regrettable that
his life was cut short by the enemies of peace, progress and societal
co-existence in a village in Plateau State.
“It is equally very painful that he died at a time that his
entire family needed him most for his fatherly wisdom, experience and
guidance, especially having just retired from the army after many years
of meritorious services to the nation.
“As the father of our dear state, on behalf of my family, the
government and people of Plateau State, I personally join the entire
members of the immediate and extended Alkali bereaved family to mourn in
this seemingly unbearable moment of grief.
“While we altogether mourn him, rest assured that the state
government will, in collaboration with the security agencies, leave no
stone unturned to ensure that all the perpetrators of the dastardly act
and horrendous crime are apprehended, prosecuted and made to pay the
supreme price for their savage actions.
“I admonish the entire family, being believers, to take solace
in the fact that death is the way of all mortals, not minding the way it
comes to us, be it of natural or human cause, as in the instant case.”