Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, and Nigerian economist, Pat Utomi, have paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Ibadan.

Obi disclosed this when he shared photos from the visit on his X (Twitter) handle on Tuesday, January 2.

Today, together with my very dear elder brother, Prof Pat Utomi, I arrived Ibadan, Oyo State, to commiserate with the bereaved wife of Late Gov Rotimi Akeredolu, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, and the entire Akeredolu Family, as we all mourn the death of Gov Akeredolu,” Obi said.

“While Gov Akeredolu was the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and subsequently as a Governor, he stayed consistent on how to build a better Nigeria where there would be respect for the rule of law, security of lives and properties of Nigerian citizens.

He believed in a restructured and productive Nigeria. May God who is pleased to call him home at this time grant him eternal rest and grant his dear wife, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the entire Akeredolu family, and all of us who mourn him, the fortitude to bear his irreplaceable loss. -PO”

Recall that Akeredolu died on Wednesday, December 27 after a protracted battle with prostrate cancer.