The remains of the Second Republic Governor of Plateau State and pioneer National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Solomon Lar, will arrive the Abuja International Airport on Friday (today).

Chairman of the national burial committee, Prof. Jerry Gana, announced this at a press briefing to unveil the burial rites in Abuja on Thursday.

Gana was accompanied to the briefing by other members of the burial committee, including Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku; former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ibrahim Mantu; and former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Pauline Tallen.

Gana also announced that the remains of Lar would be interred on Friday, December 13, after a weeklong of activities.

He said, “The body will be received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The airport reception will be at 6am. On Saturday at 3pm will be the main commendation service where friends, associates and the general public will be given the opportunity pay their last respect at the National Christian Centre.

“We invite the general public to be at that service to pay their last respect to the departed Chief Solomon Lar. On Tuesday at 11am, the House of Representatives will be holding a special session for the late Lar. Chief Solomon was a member of parliament in the First Republic. He was initially a Minister of State and later a Member of Parliament.”

Other programmes announced included a memorial lecture to be held on Monday at the Ladi Kwali Hall of Abuja Sheralton Hotel and Towers. Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah; and Prof. Jonah Eliagwu are billed to deliver the lecture.

On Tuesday, the body will depart Abuja for Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State, for lying in state. Nasarawa State was part of the old Plateau State when Lar was governor of the state.

The body will move to Langtang in Plateau for lying in state.

The late Lar belonged to the Tarok-speaking people of Plateau State. Their ancestral home is Langtang. Langtang is also the headquarters of the Langtang Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Source: www.punchng.com/news/lars-body-arrives-abuja-today/

Rip

Rest in peace to one of the greatest elder statesmen in Nigeria. Nigeria's democracy cant be written without ur name. U are our Nelson Mandela, even though alot of Nigerians didnt had the chance to know what u stood for, from the little i know about u, i knw u stood for the unity of nigeria, and u love the masses. U can starve just to pay the school fees of a TALAKA (the poor). Rest on Baba Lar as u are fondly called. ur people miss u, i miss u too.

R I P Solo...

So?

He has not been buried? RIP again

Ok

The good works of men follow them after their death. What would u be remembered for, and the most important one, where would u spend eternity?

Accept Jesus today as your lord and savior and be saved and safe.

Jesus is the answer for the world today, above Him there is no other Jesus is the way!

R.I.P.. Final Goodbye!!!! Adieu

who is Solomon Lar? I beg we still dey mourn Mandela jare....








Nairaland is for Madiba today!!!!

Death and burial everywhere. May God in his grace enable me live a good life die a holy death and secure everlasting happiness in heaven.

moscobabs: who is Solomon Lar? I beg we still dey mourn Mandela jare....








Nairaland is for Madiba today!!!!

Ignorance at its peak. U dont know ur fellow country greats, na anoda country own u dey mourn pass the bereaved. Without solomon lar democracy and PDP wouldn't ve been born

Did I see "airport"? u no learn from Agagu's experience yet?

Hmmmm...

hope people no do follow follow again for this one.

Did he die in the hospital he built in Plateau state when he was the governor? Or did he die in the hospital built by another man in another country?

Please we are mourning a great son of Africa...Madiba ! Let them not distract us with their jamboree.

I bet embezzlement will still take place among members of the burial committee. I weep for my country

K

ayusco85: Rest in peace to one of the greatest elder statesmen in Nigeria. Nigeria's democracy cant be written without ur name. U are our Nelson Mandela, even though alot of Nigerians didnt had the chance to know what u stood for, from the little i know about u, i knw u stood for the unity of nigeria, and u love the masses. U can starve just to pay the school fees of a TALAKA (the poor). Rest on Baba Lar as u are fondly called. ur people miss u, i miss u too.

... And as Nelson Mandela who suffered a more serious ailment died in his country, while Solomon Lar died in a foreign land in search of medical assistance.
R.I.P any way to the man but he has no comparison to Mandiba.

Ok

moscobabs: who is Solomon Lar? I beg we still dey mourn Mandela jare....








Nairaland is for Madiba today!!!!

Thank you jare!

another thief............one down more to go.............i no send am...........mendale abeg come back

ayusco85:


Ignorance at its peak. U dont know ur fellow country greats, na anoda country own u dey mourn pass the bereaved. Without solomon lar democracy and PDP wouldn't ve been born

no wonder ....maybe that's the main reason I don't him

Not my concern.

ifyalways: Not my concern.

owkay!!!
Message delivered.

If Mandela were Nigerian, by now the FG would be planning to fly his corpse home from a US/UK hospital...and his state gov'nor would have started tarring the road that leads to his village.

alpha conde: Death and burial everywhere. May God in his grace enable me live a good life die a holy death and secure everlasting happiness in heaven.

it's really God dat will help us oh......

Anybody writing on any topic other than Nelson Madiba Mandela is writing what in secondary school we used to call "OP" (Off-Point)!

Wetin concern me wit Solo Lar or wateva.. Did he die in his home town? Mtchww dey brot his body frm abroad and u xpect me to say r.i.p? (on pe ko to ku) wu cares. NELSON MANDIBA MANDELA die in his home town

Today the world mourns MANDELA♥
After today, those that choose can mourn elderstateman SOLOMON LAR
We cannot mourn two people on one day on Nairaland, after all his body never arrive sef.

Dont compare Nigeria health care system with south africa health care system.. SA Colonials adequately funded there health care system before the take over..SA performed the world's first human heart transplant operation on 3 December 1967. so what are you now talking about.. You can never compare SA to Nigeria.. He in Nigeria, our dr keep going on strike.. So i would advice you never to have faith in Nigeria healthcare system.. Recently went to me-cure for a test.. Imagine that is there is only one of a kind of it and even our so- called teaching hospital don't have the facility..

Wsdm:
... And as Nelson Mandela who suffered a more serious ailment died in his country, while Solomon Lar died in a foreign land in search of medical assistance.
R.I.P any way to the man but he has no comparison to Mandiba.

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