Following the demise of Alhaji Ademola Fashola, father of the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola who passed on early yesterday morning, after a brief illness at the age of 79, condolences have been pouring from all directions to the Governor.
President Goodluck Jonathan who was the first to express his condolences over the death of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s father who death, in a statement by his spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati, sent his message on behalf of himself and his family, urged the Fashola's to thank God for the life well spent of their father.
The President urges to them to be comforted by the knowledge that Pa Fashola is returning to his Creator as a very blessed and fulfilled man who lived to see his son become a two-term Governor of one of Nigeria’s most populous and vibrant states.
Other prominent Nigerians have sent their Condolence messages to the Fashola's family, were the Senate president in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, urged the governor to bear his loss with fortitude as he was consoled by the fact that his father lived an exemplary life and left a legacy of selfless service to the community.
On his part, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi commiserated with his colleague on the death of his father.
Ajimobi, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo, said: “Papa was a devout Muslim, community leader and a shining example of humility and philanthropy, as he shared virtually everything he had with the needy, irrespective of where they came from.’’
The Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola in a condolence message, by the state’s Director, Bureau of Communications and Strategy, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said the death of the elder Fashola would leave a huge vacuum in the extended Fashola family as well as in Lagos social and political circles.
The late Fashola, a former employee of Daily Times Plc, died at his 31, Oladipo Labinjo Crescent, Surulere residence while Governor Fashola was on a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia along with some top officials of the state.
The governor is expected back in the country Tuesday for his father’s burial.
A statement Monday by the state government, signed by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Mr. Olanrewaju Babalola, confirmed the passage of Pa Fashola, whom it said died after a brief illness.
The three-paragraph statement said the body of Pa Fashola, who was survived by wives, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, would be buried today according to Muslim rites at the Vaults and Gardens, Ikoyi by 1 p.m.
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