The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Ondo Govenor, Rotimi Akeredolu.
The former Ondo Governor died after a protracted battle with prostate cancer on December 27.
Taking to the microblogging platform, X to share photos from the visit, Obi said he visited Oyo state to commiserate with the family of Akeredolu alongside Pat Utomi, a former presidential candidate and LP chieftain.
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The former Anambra State Governor said as president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Akeredolu was passionate about building a better and more productive Nigeria.
His statement reads:
“Today, together with my very dear elder brother, Prof Pat Utomi, I arrived Ibadan, Oyo State, to commiserate with the bereaved wife of Late Gov Rotimi Akeredolu, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, and the entire Akeredolu Family, as we all mourn the death of Gov Akeredolu.
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.”
