Presidential candidate of the Labour Party during the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has condoled with the family of the late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Obi Who visited the residence of the late governor, in the company of a political economist, Prof Pat Utomi, made this known via his X handle (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday 2 December 2024.
The Former Anambra state governor described Akeredolu as an individual who was committed to building a better Nigeria.
“Today, together with my very dear elder brother, Prof Pat Utomi, I arrived Ibadan, Oyo State, to commiserate with the bereaved wife of Late Gov Rotimi Akeredolu, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, and the entire Akeredolu Family, as we all mourn the death of Gov Akeredolu.” The tweet read in parts.
Obi maintained that Gov Akeredolu as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, and subsequently as a governor, stayed consistent on how to build a better Nigeria where there would be respect for the rule of law, security of lives and properties of Nigerian citizens.
He said that the deceased believed in a restructured and productive Nigeria, praying that God who it pleased to call him home at this time grant him eternal rest and grant his dear wife, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the entire Akeredolu family, and all sympathizers, the fortitude to bear his irreplaceable loss.
