Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Governor of Jigawa State, Umar Namadi, over the death of his mother and son.
Buhari in a telephone call to sympathise with the governor on Friday, urged the governor to accept the tragic events while also praying to Allah to give Namadi the fortitude to bear the losses.
The former president’s spokesman, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday.
Shehu quoted Buhari as telling the governor that the death in a sequence of his mother and son within 24 hours of each other, though painful and terrifying, is ordained by Allah.
He said the former President urged him to accept what happened as the will of Allah, “Who gives and takes away life,” adding that anyone who believed in humanity would be touched by the double tragedy.
He asked the bereaved governor to turn this moment of trial into one for strengthening his faith in Allah, and re-dedicating his life to the causes of his people.
“I convey my heartfelt condolences to the members of your family and the large number of your friends and admirers, and to the government and the entire people of the state,” Buhari was further quoted as saying.
According to reports by Punch, the governor lost his eldest son, Abdulwahab, in a motor accident that occurred on Thursday barely 24 hours after mourning the passing of his mother, Maryam Namadi, who died on Wednesday after a brief illness.
