The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has revealed the unreported role that late Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe played during his lifetime that was not known to many.>>>READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
The President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs said this in a condolence letter to the family.
He said Wigwe was patriotic and a contributor to unity, progress and peaceful co-existence among people of various ethnic and religious backgrounds in Nigeria, aside being a known philanthropist of high repute.
The Sultan made this revelation via a condolence letter addressed to: “The Family of Late Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe, CFR, Lagos,” dated February 15, 2024, but delivered to the father of the deceased, Elder Shyngle Wigwe, a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, by a high-powered delegation led by Sarkin Fulani of Lagos, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Bambado II, in Lagos on Friday.
According to the letter, Sultan Abubakar, who has stopped at nothing to see all Nigerians across ethnic and religious boundaries succeeding together in peace and unity, described the death of Wigwe; his wife, Chizoba; and son, Herbert Jnr, in a helicopter crash in United States on February 9, 2024 as “a great loss not only to you the immediate family but to the entire nation, the corporate world and humanity in general.
“We share in your grief as you mourn the passing of an internationally recognized businessman and a philanthropist of high repute.
“He will be remembered for his patriotism of unity, progress, peaceful co-existence and economic development of our great country Nigeria.
“We therefore wish to convey our heartfelt condolences to you over this monumental loss and urge you all to take heart, knowing that God Giveth and God Taketh. May God in His infinite mercy grant you the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss, amen.”>>>READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
