President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday sympathised with his former running mate, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on the death of his mother, Mrs. Abigail.

In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President urged the cleric and the Bakare family to take solace in the fact that Mrs. Abigail lived long enough to witness the enormous successes achieved by her children.

The statemen reads,

“The President called on the bereaved family to uphold the cherished ideals of community service, kindness and generosity associated with the matriarch of the Bakare family, who died on May 5, 2018, aged 108.

“In a telephone call to his friend &one-time running mate, the General Overseer of Latter Rain Assembly, PMB urged the cleric and the Bakare family to take solace in the fact that the late Mrs Bakare lived long enough to witness the enormous successes achieved by her children.”