President Muhammadu Buhari has placed a personal call to the family of the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo to commiserate with them over the death of the matriarch of the Awolowo family.
The late Hanna Idowu Dideolu Awolowo is the grandmother of Dolapo, the Vice President’s wife.
He described the deceased Mrs. Awolowo as “an institution in her own right”and “a model of motherhood.”
In a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, the President described the late Hanna Idowu as 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 Malam Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff.
He was accompanied by the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Abayomi Olanishakin and the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Ambassador Oke.
“The delegation extended his condolences to the family, the government and people of Ogun state over the death of Mrs. Awolowo,” the statement said.
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