Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Tuesday paid a visit to the grieving family of the former governor of Ondo State Late Rotimi Akeredolu.
He was accompanied by renowned economist, Prof. Pat Utomi.
They met the bereaved widow and former First Lady of the State, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu in the ex-governor’s family home at Jericho, Ibadan.
Peter Obi remarked in a tweet he posted regarding his condolence visit, said of Akeredolu, “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”, he prayed.
Akeredolu died on 27 December amid controversial political circumstances in his state pitching him against the deputy governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who has now taken over the reins of power in the state.
Some reports suggest Chief Akeredolu ailed from prostrate complications and others of leukaemia. Twice he was flown abroad for medical help before his eventual demise.
Akeredolu is an inlaw to Imo State, where his widow, Betty, is from.
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