President Muhammadu Buhari has called and written to the founding Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande to commiserate with him over the demise of Madam Omowunmi, his wife.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday.
Shehu quoted the President as expressing “heart-felt” sadness over the death of Akande’s wife of 50 years.
The President’s message reads, “I received the very sad news of the death of your dearly beloved wife, Madam Omowunmi Akande this morning. I am following our phone call with this letter of condolence, which comes from my heart.
“To lose a wife, a dear wife after 50 years, a constant and loving companion through good and bad times, is a blow only a man of unshakeable faith can withstand. Please extend my personal condolences to the immediate and wider Akande family and to friends of the family for this irreparable loss.
“May Allah give you the strength and Iman to endure her passing away.”
Mrs Omowunmi Akande is about now being buried in Ila Orangun, Osun State.
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