President Muhammadu Buhari and Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki have commiserated with Managing Director of This Day Newspapers, Mr Eniola Bello, over the passing of his wife, Helen Eniola-Bello on Tuesday.
A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), said that “The President joins family, friends and professional colleagues of the columnist in mourning Helen, whose motherly love and kindness will be sorely missed by the family.
“President Buhari urges 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.
“The President prays that the almighty God will grant Helen’s soul eternal rest, and comfort her family.
In his condolence message, Dr. Saraki, on Wednesday commiserated with Mr. Bello over the death of Helen, after a brief illness in London on Tuesday.
Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, 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.”
Dr. Saraki condoled with Eni B, his immediate family, the THISDAY Group and the Nigerian media over the irreparable loss.
He urged Eni B to take solace in the fact that God has a reason for everything, this unexplainable circumstance notwithstanding.
“God gives and God takes. We cannot query God,” he stated.
He prayed God to grant the soul of the deceased eternal rest and her family and loved ones the fortitude to bear the painful loss.
