Abdulkadir Mahe Laid To Rest In Ilorin…Gov AbdulRazaq, Gov Ododo Offer Condolences
Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s Chief of Staff, Prince Abdulkadir Mahe, who died on Saturday morning, has been laid to rest at his residence in Adewole Estate, Ilorin.
Governors Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara) and Ahmed Usman Ododo (Kogi); senior government officials, bureaucrats, and clerics; community leaders; and family members, attended the Islamic funeral prayer (Salatul Janazah) that was held for Prince Mahe on Saturday.
Also at his funeral were the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt Hon Yakubu Salihu Danladi; Grand Kadi of Kwara State Shari’a Court of Appeal, Justice Abdullateef Kamaldeen; House of Representatives member Ahmed Yinka Aluko; Mutawalli of Ilorin, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq; Chairmen of Ilorin West, South and East local governments; Commandant of Kwara NSCDC, Umar Muhammed; Director General of the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies, Prof Abubakar Suleiman; Non-Executive Director of NNPCL, Dr. Muhammed Gali Alaya; Taliba of Ilorin and Chairman, Governing Council/Pro-Chancellor of the Kwara State University of Education, Prof. Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem (OFR); Prof. Abubakar Aliagan; and former PDP National Chairman Alhaji Kawu Baraje; among others.
The janazah prayer was led by the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Muhammad Bashir Soliu, who asked Allah to admit Mahe to al-jannah Firdaus.
Governor Abdulrazaq has called the late Chief of Staff a pillar of support for his administration, saying he would be greatly missed.
‘This is a great loss. He was a stabilizing factor in our administration. He is a pillar of support for our administration. We will truly miss him. May Allah grant him Aljanat Fridaous’ a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaye quoted him as saying.
Governor Ododo has also described Mahe as a peace-loving personality and prayed that God will bless his soul.
‘He was a peace loving personality. The entire family and the state in general will miss him. There is nothing we can say because from Him we come and unto Him we shall return. What we owe him now is prayer, and we will continue to pray for him’ he said.
Prince Mahe, a septuagenarian, and a retired Permanent Secretary and Clerk of the Kwara State House of Assembly, was appointed as Chief of Staff, Government House, Ilorin, on November 3, 2023 — before which he had served as the Secretary to the State Government-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
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