Buhari phones Tinubu over son’s death

President Muhammadu Buhari has reached Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), through telephone over the death of Jide, his first son.

Jide reportedly died under suspicious circumstances on Wednesday.

“He was not sick. As at last night, he was full of life. But we leave everything to God,” a source had told TheCable.

In a statement, Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, quoted Buhari as saying the demise of Jide was sad and painful.

“President Buhari in a telephone call Wednesday to Asiwaju Tinubu on behalf of the Federal Government and his family offered his deepest condolences to the Tinubu family over the loss of Jide,” the statement read.

“He prayed that God will grant the Tinubu family, friends and associates the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss, and comfort all who mourn the passage of the promising gentleman.”