President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his condolences to the Nelson family over the death of former Southwest Zonal Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Mrs. Kemi Nelson.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari, who conveyed First Lady Aisha Buhari’s solaces along with his, described Nelson as “a frontline politician and an advocate of the womenfolk.”
The President also commiserated with the government and people of Lagos State, the presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and the Lagos APC family on the death of “a consistent and faithful party member, who devoted so much to the evolution, development, sustenance, and relevance of the party in Lagos and around the country.”
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has also mourned Nelson.
Sanwo-Olu in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, said the late Lagos APC women leader was a “passionate, trustworthy, committed, extremely loyal politician, leader, women advocate and an invaluable asset to APC and Lagos State.”
House of Representatives Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila also expressed sadness over the death of Nelson.
Gbajabiamila said APC had lost a jewel of progressive politics, one of its finest and most committed members, who promoted the interest of women in politics till her last breath.
