President Muhammadu Buhari says he is deeply grieved to learn of the passing away of Jide Tinubu, eldest son of the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Jide was the first son of Tinubu through his first wife. He was said to have died of heart attack. His associates described him as a great man with a generous spirit.

President Buhari in a telephone call on 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.

Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, said Buhari described the transition of Jide as “sad and painful.”

The President said that the nation had been denied the services and potentials of the resourceful lawyer.

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

Also, the Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday condoled with the national leader of the party, Chief Bola Tinubu over the death of his son.

The chairman of the state chapter of the party, Chief Henry Ajomale, expressed the party’s condolences in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

He said the chapter was devastated by the sad news, while describing the incident as unfortunate.

“This is a very unfortunate incident and we are so devastated by this sad news.

“We commiserate with our great national leader, Tinubu on this great loss and we pray God will grant the entire family the fortitude to bear the loss,” he said.

Ajomale said he was personally pained by the demise of Jide as he was very close to the family

The late Jide Tinubu was a graduate of the University of Liverpool, England. He obtained Master Degree in Maritime law from the University of London, and was called to Nigerian Bar in 1999.