President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo over the death of matriarch of the Awolowo family. The late Hanna Idowu Dideolu Awolowo is the grand mother of Dolapo, the Vice President’s wife.
He described the deceased Awolowo as “an institution in her own right”and “a model of motherhood.”
In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, President Buhari told the Osinbajos that the late Hanna Idowu was one of the greatest female political icons in Africa who was deservingly revered for her remarkable virtues.
Buhari noted that Idowu’s shining virtues as a great mother, wife and motivator, would live after her.
The President,according to the statement, has equally dispatched a powerful federal government delegation to condole with the Awolowo family at Ikenne, Ogun State.
The delegation, which met the Vice President and other members of the Awolowo family was led by Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff.
He was accompanied by the Secretary to the Federal Government, SGF Babachir David Lawal, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olanishakin and the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Ambassador Oke.
The delegation extended his condolences to the family, the government and people of OgunState over the death of Awolowo.
ELIZABETH ARCHIBONG
