President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki have commiserated with Managing Director of This Day, Mr Eniola Bello, over the passing of his wife, Helen Eniola-Bello on Tuesday.
In a statement from the office of Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman on Wednesday, Buhari said he was joining the family, friends and professional colleagues of the columnist in mourning Helen, whose motherly love and kindness will be sorely missed by the family.
President Buhari urged family and loved ones to find solace in God and the seeds of goodness and charity sown in many lives by Bello’s wife, believing she lived and stood for virtues that will continue to resonate.
While reacting to the same development, Dr Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, described the untimely passage of Mrs. Helen Eniola-Bello as a very painful loss.
He said: “Mrs. Helen Eniola-Bello was a dutiful mother and a pillar of support to her husband. Her humility and selflessness endeared her to all. I am deeply saddened that we lost her to illness so soon. We shall all miss her.”
Dr. Saraki condoled with Eni B, his immediate family, the THISDAY Group and the Nigerian media over the irreparable loss.
He urged Eni B to take solace in the fact that God has a reason for everything, this unexplainable circumstance notwithstanding.
“God gives and God takes. We cannot query God,” he stated.
He prayed God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest and her family and loved ones the fortitude to bear the painful loss.
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