Buhari Calls Aregbesola On Phone Over Mother’s Death

The Presidency on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari called the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on the telephone to commiserate with him over the death of his mother, Alhaja Saratu.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.

Shehu said Buhari expressed sympathy with the governor, describing his mother “as a great woman who was a pillar of discipline to her children.’’

He further quoted the President as saying that the matriarch of the Aregbesola family deserved great honour for “the sacrifices she made to bring up her children on the path of sound moral character and commitment to good reputation.’’

Buhari said the governor’s mother contributed immeasurably to the building of a respectable pedigree for her family by raising disciplined and humble children like the governor.

He prayed that Allah would bless her soul, reward all her good deeds with paradise and comfort the family she left behind.

Meanwhile, a special three-day-fidau prayer was on Thursday rendered in Honour of the Alhaja.

Leading the prayers in Ilesha,  Mufashir of Osogbo, Alh. Moruf Ishola, who also delivered a special sermon at the Fidau programme, said death was part of the process of life.

Ishola said though the demise of a loved one could be painful, but we as humans must understand that the death of our aged should be seen as a stage of transition to glory but not of sorrow.

Speaking on behalf of the family, Mr Kabir Aregbesola, the son of Gov. Aregbesola, in his own Quranic recitation and speech, said death was inevitable and no human can escape it.

Aregbesola said humans, when we go to sleep, our souls are taken by God and that  those that wake the next day are those who God return their souls back into their body.

He said the death of their grandmother was a shock to them because she was in good health, but God knows best and that his will alone will prevail.

The programme ends with prayers for the repose of the soul of the deceased and for God to uphold and preserve the lives of those she left behind.

Present at the Fidau prayer includes: Sen. Bola Tinibu, Chief Bisi Akande, Sen. Olusola Adeyeye, Law makers from lagos, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the Ooni of Ife.

Commissioners (past and present) in the state, Chieftains of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state and National level, state government officials and royal fathers  and religious clerics