President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday paid tribute to elder statesman and longtime political ally, Yusuf Ali, on his 90th birthday.
Tinubu described Ali as a sincere friend, a committed democrat, and one of the founding fathers of the All Progressives Congress, whose wisdom proved indispensable during the party’s formation.
In a personal birthday message, the President said he and Ali had walked together for a long time through difficulty and victory, adding that he had found him unfailingly honest and patriotic across their years of friendship.
Tinubu wrote, “Alhaji Yusuf Ali and I have walked together for a long time, in gloom and in happiness, in victory and through setbacks.
“In all these years, I have found him to be an honest and sincere person, an avowed nationalist, a committed democrat, and a friend indeed.”
Born in Jos on June 2, 1936, to parents originally from Kano, Ali built a
