- Safiu Kehinde
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his heartfelt condolences to Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over the passing of his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda.
The APC National Chairman had in a statement issued on his X handle on Monday announced the death of his mother.
According to him, the octogenarian passed away on Sunday morning at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital.
She was survived by seven children, as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Reacting to the news of her demise in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu condoled Yilwatda.
He described the late mother of the APC National Chairman as a woman of virtue who lived a life dedicated to faith, service, and communal development.
The President prayed for the repose of her soul while urging Yilwatda to accept her death as a will of God.
The statement read; “President Bola Tinubu expresses his heartfelt condolences to Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, on the passing of his mother, Mama Lydia Yilwatda.
“Mama Yilwatda died on Sunday morning at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital at the age of 83.
“President Tinubu describes her as a woman of virtue who lived a life dedicated to faith, service, and the uplifting of her community.
“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.
“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.”