The National leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has left Nigeria for London, where he
would be meeting his late son’s wife and children who reside in the United
Kingdom.
Tinubu was said to have departed
Lagos barely 48 hours after his son, Jide, was pronounced dead by medical
doctors at the Lagos Island General Hospital, Lagos state.
Confirming his departure, one of
his relatives, Ademola Oshodi, disclosed to journalists that Tinubu “left to
see the deceased family in London and would return before the eight days Muslim
prayer for repose of Jide’s soul”.
He, however, assured the
politicians, lawmakers and other well-wishers who have been thronging the APC
national leader’s home that Tinubu would be informed of their visit to
commiserate with him.
Some of the visitors to his home
include: Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; the Senior Special
Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), Adejoke
Orelope-Adefulire; Lagos state former deputy governor, Sarah Sosan; former
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba among others.
Meanwhile, former Presidential
aspirant, Dele Momodu, and Abike Dabiri, President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on
Diaspora Affairs, took to Twitter to commiserate with the Tinubus over the
demise of their son.
While Momodu tweeted: “Very sad
to hear of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s son, JIDE. May Allah accept his soul and
condole the family,” Dabiri wrote: “I commiserate with Asiwaju Tinubu over the
painful loss of Jide. May Almighty Allah console the family.”
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