Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr Sa’ad Abubakar, has expressed grief over the death of Igbo Muslim personality and media investor, AbdulAzeez Ude.
The Sultan, in a statement by Bashir Adefaka Saturday night said, “the late philanthropist and great nationalist will be missed by all, especially the entire Muslim Ummah of Nigeria.”
According to the monarch, Ude had been known to him since when he (Sultan) was a young officer in the Nigerian Army, having served in the East.
The Suntan added that the name of the internationally renowned publisher, intellectual and art lover, was” synonymous with goodness.
“We are offering our condolences to the family, government and people of Anambra state and, in deed, the entire Muslim Ummah of Nigeria, for this sad loss of the great Muslim figure, quintessential administrator, nationalist and philanthropist,” Sultan said.
Recalling Ude’s well spent life as a businessman, industrialist and billionaire, who used his wealth for the advancement of humanity, the Sultan said the death of the late publisher and financier of Financial Post and acting Chairman of NEWSWATCH Magazine, is a huge loss to Nigeria.
He prayed that Allah grants his departed soul forgiveness and repose it in Al-Jannat Firdauz, while also praying that Allah gives the surviving family members the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss occasioned by his demise.
