Matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty, Chief ( Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu (HID) Awolowo is dead.
The wife of foremost Yoruba politician, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, died on Saturday in her Ikenne home at the age of 99 just two months shy of her 100th birthday.
Reacting to her passing, President Muhammadu Buhari expressed “immense sadness” over the news of the passing away of Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Dideolu Awolowo.
“On behalf of the Federal Government and people of Nigeria, President Buhari extends sincere commiserations to the children, grand children and great grand children of the “Jewel of Inestimable Value” on the death of their famed matriarch, just a few weeks before her hundredth birthday,” said the statement which was signed by Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman.
The President prayed that “God will comfort Chief (Mrs.) Awolowo’s family, relatives, friends, associates and admirers, and grant them the fortitude to bear her irreparable loss.
“He also prays that the Almighty will receive the late matriarch’s worthy soul and grant her eternal rest from her long, earthly service to her renowned spouse, family, community and country.”
