The Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has joined in mounring late elder statesman, Chief Solomon Lar, the First Civilian Governor of Plateau State and First National Chairman of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The party in a statement just issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, said it learnt of the death, today in a US hospital, of Chief Lar with shock.

“Chief Lar was a colourful politician of substance, a first-class patriot and an accomplished administrator. As pioneer Chairman of PDP, he played a significant role in laying a solid foundation on which his successors built to make the party the poster boy of Nigerian politics and in sustaining and growing our hard-won democracy,” New PDP said.

“Chief Lar’s death, coming on the heels of that of another of our former leaders, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, has robbed both our great party and the country at large of a rare voice of wisdom,” the party added.

It sent its condolences to the Lar family, to the Plateau State Government, to President Goodluck Jonathan and to all Nigerians.

•Photo shows late Lar (right) in a warm handshake with President Jonathan.