By Rotimi Agboluaje, Ibadan
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC), Service Chiefs in Oyo State, Board of O’dua Investment Company and the Seriki Hausawa of Oyo State, yesterday, visited the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, over the demise of his brother, Sunday Makinde.
The individuals and groups visited the governor separately. Obasanjo, who got to the Ikolaba home of Governor Makinde around 7.20 a.m. in the company of the Director-General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Simeon Ehui, and his team, expressed condolences to him, urging him to take heart and be strong.
The former president equally condoled with the Makinde family. Similarly, the PDP NWC paid a condolence visit to the governor, consoling him and his family over Makinde’s demise.
Speaking on behalf of the PDP NWC, the Deputy National Chairman (South), Amb. Taofeek Arapaja said Sunday Makinde lived a fulfilled life and left successful siblings behind.
He said: “The purpose of this visit is to commiserate with our leader, a major stakeholder of our party, on the death of his brother. There is nothing anybody can do. The solace we have is that the man lived a fulfilled life and was survived by good people like Governor Makinde.
“It has happened and it is a debt that everybody will pay because it is inevitable. From God we have come and, to Him, we will return. But the only thing we can do for the soul of the deceased is to pray to God to grant him eternal life and grant the family the fortitude to bear the loss.”
