*President describes passing of Jide Tinubu as “sad and painful”
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has sent his condolences to the leading politician and leader of the country’s governing party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who lost his first son to the jaws of death.
Stating this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, copy of which was sent to The DEFENDER, was the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, who said, “President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply grieved to learn of the passing away of Jide Tinubu, eldest son of the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
“President Buhari in a telephone call Wednesday to Asiwaju Tinubu on behalf of the Federal Government and his family offered his deepest condolences to the Tinubu family over the loss of Jide.”
News of the demise of Jide Tinubu, the first son of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is a former Governor of Lagos State, filtered into the air waves on Wednesday through a short statement issued by Lagos APC Chairman, Otunba Henry Ajomale, who said: “It’s with regrets that I inform you of the demise of Mr. Jide Tinubu, the Son of Our dear and esteemed Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
President Buhari, according to Mr. Femi Adesina, described the transition of Jide as “sad and painful”.
He said: “Describing the transition of Jide as “sad and painful,” the President said that the nation has been denied the services and potentials of the resourceful lawyer.
“He prayed that God will grant the Tinubu family, friends and associates the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss, and comfort all who mourn the passage of the promising gentleman.”
