IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, commiserated with the family of Rev. Humprey Olumakaiye, and the Christian community, saying Olumakaiye’s demise was like a bolt out of the blues.
This was contained in a condolence message issued by Tinubu Media Officer, Tunde Rahman, in Abuja.
Olumakaiye, who was until his death the Archbishop of Province 1 and Bishop of Lagos Anglican Communion, died during the week at the age of 53.
Tinubu’s tribute is coming barely 24 hours after Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu described the bishop’s death as a great loss to the Anglican Communion and the entire state.
While wishing him eternal rest, the APC presidential candidate described the death of the bishop as sad and unfortunate.
He said, “I’m deeply saddened by the passing of the Most Rev. Dr. Humprey Bamisebi Olumakaiye, the Archbishop of Province 1 and Bishop of Lagos.
“I knew and interacted closely with Most Rev. Olumakaiye. A true man of God who evinced that divine calling each time you encountered him, his death is most unfortunate and a loss not only to the Christendom but to me and many others as well.
“He was truly committed to the service of God and humanity. He was helpful in forging good relationship between Christians, Muslims and adherents of other religions in Lagos through his gospel of tolerance, mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence for which many will remember and extol him.
“I pray that Almighty God grant his soul eternal rest and comfort his family, relations, the Lagos diocese, members of the Archbishop’s Palace Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, Lagos, the entire Christian community and indeed all of us who knew him.”