Former presidential candidates Peter Obi and Prof Pat Utomi on Tuesday visited the bereaved family of the late ex-governor Rotimi Akeredolu in Ibadan.
Akeredolu, a former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), died from prostate cancer on Wednesday, December 27, 2023, at the age of 67 in a German hospital.
Mr Obi shared photos of their visit on social media, saying Akeredolu believed in a restructured and productive Nigeria.
“Today, together with my very dear elder brother, Prof Pat Utomi, I arrived Ibadan, Oyo State, to commiserate with the bereaved wife of Late Gov Rotimi Akeredolu, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, and the entire Akeredolu Family, as we all mourn the death of Gov Akeredolu,” he wrote.
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“While Gov Akeredolu was the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and subsequently as a Governor, he stayed consistent on how to build a better Nigeria where there would be respect for the rule of law, security of lives and properties of Nigerian citizens.
“He believed in a restructured and productive Nigeria. May God who it pleased to call him home at this time grant him eternal rest and grant his dear wife, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the entire Akeredolu family, and all of us who mourn him, the fortitude to bear his irreplaceable loss.”
Since Akeredolu’s death, the bereaved family has played host to several visitors including south-west governors, first lady Remi Tinubu, and Akeredolu’s former deputy and now governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
