Mrs. Yemisi Smart Adeyemi, wife of the immediate past lawmaker who represented Kogi west senatorial district at the Senate between 2007 -2015, is dead.
The Co-ordinator of smart adeyemi vanguard lokoja chapter, Barr. Labaran confirmed this in a short statement on Saturday.
Barr. Labaran wrote: “With deepest and heart felt sorrow I condole our Distinguished senator Smart for the sudden lost of his beloved wife today, we pray that Almighty give you the strength to bear this sudden great loss!”
Meanwhile, the governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has described as ‘shocking and sad’ the death of the wife of Senator Smart Adeyemi, Mrs Yemisi Adeyemi.
In a statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Petra Akinti Onyegbule, the Governor sent his condolences to the Senator, children and family of the deceased and prayed for God to console them over the bereavement which the Governor notes would be deeply felt by the family and everyone who knew the deceased.
While praying to God to grant eternal repose to the soul of the late Mrs. Adeyemi, Governor Bello enjoined Senator Smart in the words of the Bible to “not grieve like those without hope” stressing that as a believer, the Senator should be consoled by the knowledge that his beloved wife and partner of many years has only gone before him to rest and they shall meet again on the Resurrection Morning.
Governor Bello extended his condolences to the people of Kogi West Senatorial District and everyone who is affected by the death of Mrs. Adeyemi.
