The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly placed a call through to the All Progressive Congress, APC, chieftain, Chief Bisi Akande who lost his wife, Omowunmi Akande some days ago.
The Nigerian president who is currently in the United Kingdom on medical vacation expressed his heart-felt sympathy on the demise of the APC Chieftain’s wife.
Buhari in a letter to the bereaved described the loss as “irreparable”.
The president’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, further revealed that the president put a call through to the APC chieftain who lost his wife over 50 years.
PremiumTimes reported the president’s message to the bereaved to read: “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 unshakable 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.”