- Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan says it is hard to imagine that Senator Adeleke is dead
- He describes the late senator as an icon and a great philanthropist
- Jonathan says the void Adeleke's death has caused will be hard if not impossible to fill
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday, April 24, described the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke as an icon and a great philanthropist.
Jonathan made this known in a statement released on his official Facebook page, a day after the former Osun governor passed on.
According to the former president, the “void his (Adeleke) death has caused will be hard, if not impossible to fill”.
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He said: “I received the news of the death of Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke with a sense of great personal loss. It is hard to imagine that the very lively and warm ‘Serubawon’ has died.
“Though I am very sad by his death, I give God the glory for his life of contribution to Osun state, where he was the first civilian governor and to Nigeria, where he was an icon and to humanity in general because he was a great philanthropist.
“He will be greatly missed and the void his death has caused will be hard, if not impossible to fill. May his soul rest In Peace and may he achieve al Janna firdaus. I pray that God grant his family and supporters the fortitude to bear his loss.”
Earlier, NAIJ.com reported late Senator Adeleke death, yesterday, April 23.
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NAIJ.com also reported reactions to the death of the formal on social media, including Facebook and Twitter, below are some of the reactions, which range from praise and questions to criticisms.
NAIJ.com learnt that the late lawmaker, Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke's corpse has been returned to Ladoke Akontola University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, for an autopsy over alleged poisoning.
Adeleke was a serving senator and a three-term senator elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2015.
The senator who represented Osun West Senatorial district and is an uncle to popular singer, Davido, died at the age of 62.
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