President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over the death of his elder brother,Prince Chukwuemeka Ekweremadu.
The President said the news of the death was “very shocking, sad and regrettable” as the late Prince Ekweremadu still had “many years ahead of him to accomplish more goals in life.”
Jonathan noted that it must have been quite a traumatic experience for the Deputy Senate President to lose a loving and worthy elder brother. He urged the distinguished Senator and the entire Ekweremadu family to take consolation in the knowledge that their late brother made an indelible mark in his services to Enugu State and his community.
Jonathan’s condolence message, according to a statement by Presidential Spokesman ,Reuben Abati, prayed that God would grant the bereaved family the fortitude to bear the unfortunate loss and the soul of the deceased eternal repose.