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Ladi Williams’ Death Unfortunate – Buhari Mourns

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Buhari Sends Message To Lawan Over Mother’s Death

President Muhammadu Buhari has described as unfortunate, death of Ladi Williams, the eldest son of a late foremost lawyer, Rotimi Williams.

Naija News had reported that Chief Ladi, aged 74, died on Sunday from COVID-19 complications at St Nicholas isolation hospital in Lagos.

Buhari, in a condolence message by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja, condoled with the Williams family over the death of the legal luminary.

According to the President, the late Williams left many in shock, particularly his close friends and professional colleagues.

Buhari joined the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Body of Benchers in mourning the legal icon, ”whose passion for jurisprudence and national development will be sorely missed”.

He prayed that God would comfort the family, friends and associates of Chief Ladi Williams, and accept the soul of the departed.

In other news, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Drainage and Water Resources, Joe Igbokwe has accused the Indigenous People of Biafra of being responsible for the bloodshed in the Southeast.

Igbokwe stated this while reacting to the statement of the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe on the killings in the region.

Recall that the Peoples Democratic Party chieftain had said the identity of killers in the Southeast remains unknown.

Igbokwe, in his reaction, charges the lawmaker to be sincere in his comments on the killings in the Southeast.

The All Progressives Congress chieftain said Abaribe knows that members of the outlawed group are responsible for bloodshed in the region.