Kwara mourns as Florence Saraki dies
By Dele Moses, Ilorin
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has commiserated with the family of late Olusola Saraki over the demise of the matriarch of the family, Florence Saraki.
Mrs Saraki, according to family sources, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89.
She was the wife of Olusola Saraki, the late political kingmaker of Kwara state and former Senate Leader who died in 2012 at the age of 79.
The woman was the mother of Bukola Saraki, the former governor of the state and former Senate President who now heads what has been regarded by many people as Saraki’s political dynasty.
The deceased though not a politician herself lived to be a wife to a senator and mother to two senators as another of her children, a female child, Gbemisola Saraki, also served as a senator.
The governor, in a statement signed by his media aide, Rafiu Ajakaye, commiserated Bukola and his siblings and the entire members of the Saraki’s family.
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“The Governor urges the Sarakis to be consoled by the fine legacies of their matriarch.
“Governor AbdulRazaq prays to God to repose the soul of Chief Mrs Florence Saraki and uphold the family after her death,” reads the statement.
Also, the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman Kwara State Traditional Rulers Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has commiserated with the Saraki’s family over the loss.
Sulu-Gambari, in a condolence message issued by his spokesman, Abdulazeez Arowona, described the deceased as “a wondeful mother, a great philanthropist and virtuous wife of Dr. Olusola Saraki, the late Waziri of Ilorin whose contributions to humanity will forever be remembered.”
The Emir condoled Bukola Saraki and his siblings over the demise of their beloved matriarch.
He also extends his condolences to both immediate and extended family members of the deceased stressing that, “Late Madam Florence Morenike Saraki lived a fulfilled life with numerous accomplishments.”
The monarch therefore prayed that Almighty God repose her soul and grant the family the fortitude to bear the great loss.