Tinubu mourns late Prof Shinkafi, pledges assistance to family

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has described the death of Prof Abdullahi Muhammed Shinkafi, as shocking and a great loss to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the entire country.

A former chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance, James Abiodun Faleke, who led a delegation to the family of the deceased on behalf of President Tinubu on Saturday in Abuja, said Prof Shinkafi was a committed party man and always willing to assist.

He said Tinubu’s administration will continue to support the family the professor left behind.

“Shinkafi is a party stalwart, an Islamic scholar of international repute and academician par excellence. We grieve with the family of the dead Prof. we urge the family to take heart.

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“We are here on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. We thank God that you and the wives are professors and you have a career. We are ready to assist the family in any way,” he said.

Also a former Chief of Staff to Femi Gbajabiamila; Sanusi Garba Rikiji, who was a close friend of the late professor and part of the delegation, said he had called the late professor two hours before his death.