President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Managing Director of ThisDay newspaper, Mr. Eniola Bello, over the passing of his wife, Helen Eniola-Bello, in London, on Tuesday following a brief illness.
In a statement issued, Wednesday, by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the President joined the family, friends and professional colleagues of the columnist in mourning Helen, whose motherly love and kindness will be sorely missed by the family.
Buhar, in the statement, urged the family and loved ones to “find solace in God and the seeds of goodness and charity sown in many lives by Bello’s wife, believing she lived and stood for virtues that will continue to resonate.”
He prayed the Almighty God to grant Helen’s soul eternal rest, and comfort her family.
Similarly, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, also commiserated with Mr. Eniola Bello, over his wife’s passing.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, Saraki described the untimely passage of Mrs. Helen Eniola-Bello “as a very painful loss”.
He said: “Mrs. Helen Eniola-Bello was a dutiful mother and a pillar of support to her husband. Her humility and selflessness endeared her to all. I am deeply saddened that we lost her to illness so soon. We shall all miss her.”
Saraki urged Eniola Bello to take solace in the fact that God has a reason for everything, notwithstanding the inexplicable circumstance.
“God gives and God takes. We cannot query God,” he stated, praying God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest; and her family and loved ones the fortitude to bear the painful loss.
