Five days after the death of the business and religious icon Alhaji Abdul Azeez Arisekola Alao, Nigerian top politicians paid a condolence visit to his family in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state.
According to punch, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and the first son of the late MKO Abiola, Kola, on Monday paid condolence visits to the family of the late Abdul-Azeez Arisekola Alao, who died in London Wednesday last week.
In his tribute, Tambuwal, described the late Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland as a sincere person who was always confident to defend what he believed in.
“Arisekola-Alao is a very sincere person and genuine in whatever he did and lived a life of piety and of closeness to God. He has lived a good and simple life; a life of being there for all and not for himself and his immediate family. We will surely miss him. If you have, share it with the rest of the people and that is the nature of Arisekola-Alao,’’ the speaker said.
Atiku also said the late Islamic leader lived a life worthy of emulation.
“Arisekola has created a vacuum that would be difficult to fill. I pray that Allah grant him the highest place in paradise,” he said.
Kola Abiola said that the deceased lived a purposeful life, calling on Nigerians to uphold the legacy he left behind.
One of the children of the deceased, Isa, who spoke on behalf of the family, thanked the visitors for their concern for the family.
Atiku later visited Governor Abiola Ajimobi in his office to commiserate with the governor.
Ajimobi said the late Arisekola-Alao would be immortalised through the naming of an important institution in the state after him.
He said that the deceased epitomised service to humanity as he lived his life for both the rich and the poor, adding that the people of Oyo State in particular and Nigerians as a whole would continue to remember the deceased for his philanthropy.
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