The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola
Tinubu, has left Nigeria for London, where he would be meeting his late
son’s wife and children who reside in the United Kingdom.
Tinubu was said to have departed Lagos barely 48 hours after his son,
Jide, was pronounced dead by medical doctors at the Lagos Island
General Hospital, Lagos state.
Confirming his departure, one of his relatives, Ademola Oshodi,
disclosed to journalists that Tinubu “left to see the deceased family in
London and would return before the eight days Muslim prayer for repose
of Jide’s soul”.
He, however, assured the politicians, lawmakers and other
well-wishers who have been thronging the APC national leader’s home that
Tinubu would be informed of their visit to commiserate with him.
Some of the visitors to his home include: Minister of Information and
Culture, Lai Mohammed; the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire; Lagos
state former deputy governor, Sarah Sosan; former Commissioner for
Information and Strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba among others.
Meanwhile, former Presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, and Abike
Dabiri, President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on Diaspora Affairs, took to
Twitter to commiserate with the Tinubus over the demise of their son.