Former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, said on Monday that he received the news of the death of Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke with a “sense of great personal loss”.
Senator Adeleke died in Oshogbo on Sunday reportedly of a heart attack. He was a serving Senator and the first civilian governor of Osun.
“It is hard to imagine that the very lively and warm ‘Serubawon’ has died,” Mr. Jonathan wrote on his Facebook page.
“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,” Mr. Jonathan said.
“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. Adieu great Asiwaju of Ede”.
Meanwhile Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state has declared a three-day morning “in honour of the departed first Civilian Governor of the State of Osun, Alhaji Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke”.
“The 3-day mourning period commences from today Monday, April 24, 2017. During the period of mourning, all flags are to fly half mast,” the government said in a statement.