Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his condolence over the death of the first president of the Christian Council of Nigeria (now CAN), Rev. Luther Cishak.

In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, The President described the late reverend as a man who was passionate about the promotion of peaceful coexistence, tolerance, social harmony and mutual respect between Christians and Muslims in Plateau State and the country in general.

The President recalled that in a 2003 crisis that rocked the state, the late Mr. Cishak risked his own life in order to protect others from being killed by mobs, adding that “this kind of sacrifice for peace is an uncommon virtue that must be extolled by all patriotic Nigerians.”

Calling the deceased ‘one of Nigeria’s finest and greatest religious leaders’, the President extended his condolences to his family of the deceased and the Christian Association of Nigeria.

The late Cishak was 88 years old at the time of his passing.

Source: http://www.360gospelvibes.com/2017/09/nigerian-preident-buhari-mourns-demise.html