By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja.
Former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has condoled with Senator Philip Aduda, representing the FCT over the demised of his father, Rt Reverend Tanimu Samari Aduda.
Mimiko, who paid a condolence visit to Senator Aduda’s Karu family residence in Abuja, on Tuesday, said he received the news about the death of the late Clergy with great shock and sadness.
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He said, though, death is inevitable as every soul must test death irrespective of status of everyone, even as he described the Bishop Tanimu Samari Aduda of the Anglican Dioceses as a father that has contributed a lot in the country.
He said the death of late Clergy was a great lost not only to the people of Karu or FCT alone but the entire country, adding that the late Rt Revered Tanimu Samari had touched the lives of many people across boards.
“Sincerely, I am mourning the death of the late Senator Philip Aduda’s father as the late clergy which I knew has contributed a lot not only in FCT but the entire country. And I pray for the repose soul of the late clergy to rest in peace, while I also pray God to give Aduda’s family the fortitude to bear this irreparable lost,” he said.
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Similarly, the National Council for Women Society (NCWS) has also condoled with the family of Senator Philip Aduda, over the lost of their father, Rt Reverend Tanimu Samari Aduda.
The national president of the NCWS, Mrs Gloria Laruba Shoda, who led other executives of the council on a condolence visit to Senator Philip Aduda, at his Karu family residence in Abuja, also expressed sadness over the demised of the Clergy.
She said the entire members and executives of the NCWS are bereaved over the death of Senator Aduda’s father, saying the late clergy has been a father that has always care for the people.
She prayed for reposed soul of the late clergy to rest in peace and also prayed for God to give entire Aduda’s family the fortitude to bear the irreparable lost.