Former President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have expressed have prayed for the son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf, who was involved in a bike accident on Tuesday.
In a Twitter message, Jonathan, who is in Liberia to monitor the presidential re-run election in the country, said he and his family were praying for Yusuf, described the accident that as a bad news.
He wrote: “I have been in Liberia monitoring elections and only just heard the sad news. My family and I are in prayers for the quick recovery of Yusuf Buhari.
“It is my deep desire that a young man so full of promise should live and thrive to fulfil the promises God has domiciled in him.”
I have been in Liberia monitoring elections and only just heard the sad news. My family and I are in prayers for the quick recovery of Yusuf Buhari. It is my deep desire that a young man so full of promise should live and thrive to fulfil the promises God has domiciled in him.
— Goodluck E. Jonathan (@GEJonathan) December 27, 2017
A statement from PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Thursday said the party was shocked by the news of the accident.
“PDP as a family receive with shock, the sad news of the involvement of Yusuf Buhari, son of President Muhammadu Buhari in a power-bike accident in Abuja on Wednesday.
“The PDP as a family prays for Yusuf’s speedy recovery to enable him return to his normal life.
Mr Ologbondiyan said that PDP was reassured by reports from the Presidency that Yusuf Buhari was in a steady condition.
“We also commend the prompt intervention by medics even as we value the concern of all well-meaning Nigerians for their prayers for Yusuf and the first family”.
