President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, over the passing of his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda.
Mama Yilwatda died peacefully on Sunday morning at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, aged 83.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President described her as “a woman of virtue who lived a life dedicated to faith, service, and the uplifting of her community.”
Tinubu urged the APC Chairman to take comfort in the belief that her passing was in accordance with the will of Almighty God.
The President said, “The President enjoins the APC Chairman to accept her death as the will of Almighty God and be consoled by the life of purpose his mother lived,” the statement read.
Tinubu also prayed for the repose of the soul of Mama Yilwatda and for strength for her family to bear the loss.
“President Tinubu prays for the repose of the soul of Mama Yilwatda and beseeches God to grant Prof. Yilwatda, the entire family and all those Mama left behind the strength to bear the loss,” the statement added.