Buhari Calls, Mourns Akande’s Wife

Twenty-four hours after the return of Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, President Muhammadu Buhari called a chieftain in All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande to condole with him over the loss of his wife.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu confirmed this in a statement to journalists in Abuja.

He noted that the President, who had earlier called also sent a condolence statement aside the phone conversation.

According to Shehu, the President’s statement 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.”

President Buhari is the first since he went on medical trip to UK sixty-five days ago.