Buhari mourns Winnie Mandela

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has described the passing away of the South-African anti-apartheid icon, and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as a huge loss of a courageous woman to Africa.

A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), in Abuja on Monday said the President noted that she was a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who held aloft the torch of the struggle against institutionalized discrimination even while her ex-husband, the late Madiba, President Nelson Mandela was incarcerated.

President Buhari, on behalf of the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, commiserated with the family of the deceased, the government and people of South Africa, urging them to be consoled by the knowledge that the late Winnie Mandela’s contributions to ending apartheid will not be forgotten.

According to him, she remained a pride not only to the African women but indeed all Africans.

The President prayed that God Almighty will comfort all those who mourn the departed and grant her soul eternal rest.