Convener of The Alternative, a pan Nigerian movement, Otunba Segun Showunmi, on Friday, called on Nigerian politicians to emulate late President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said lived a less flamboyant lifestyle.
Showunmi spoke on Friday at the 40th day prayer he organised in Abeokuta, Ogun State, for late former President.
Buhari who died at the age of 82 on Sunday, July 13, at a London clinic, was buried in Daura, his hometown in Katsina State.
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Speaking to newsmen, Showunmi stated that the former president lived a simple and example-worthy life.
He revealed that the prayer was a way to encourage leaders to live moral life knowing that people “are watching.”
Showunmi insisted that people who put in their best effort were rewarded with prayers.
He said, “On this day we gather in Abeokuta and Katsina to pray and remember Former President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR). May Almighty Allah reward him with Paradise.
“This is to in a little way encourage leaders to live right knowing that people are watching. I observed how minimally Buhari lived and how sacrificially he maintained a less-than-flamboyant life.
“I observed how disciplined he went about his activities while on earth and I complete our mourning of him today with a 40th-day prayer in Abeokuta where I come from and where he also lived in his early days at Alamala barracks and Katsina where he is from.
“Hopefully, we can inspire ourselves and future leaders that prayers follow those who have tried their best. I believe that we have a duty to look at the life of leaders or anybody at that around us. And if we find good things in them, we should try to emulate it. And if we see things that are not unworthy, we should try to avoid it.”
The Chief Imam of Keesi Central Mosque, Abeokuta, Sheikh Akeem Olorunisola, who led the prayer, advised Nigerians to emulate the good deeds of the former president, saying everyone would give an account at the end of their lives.