Buhari’s Body Guard Dies After Battling With Sickness.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu announced on tuesday, that the personal body guard to President Buhari, Lawal Mato has died after battling with diabetes.

He was one of the security details restored back to President Buhari by the late President Umaru Musa-Yar’adua as personal security, but had been off full duty in the last three years.

“The President described the officer, who had been working with him for many years before he won the 2015 elections, as ‘very thorough, trustworthy and dependable soldier who carried out his duty with diligence and focus.

“President Buhari prayed that Allah will ease his passage to paradise and grant his family, government and people of Jigawa State, the fortitude to bear the loss.