Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, alongside Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo of Kogi State and others, paid tribute to the Chief of Staff to the Kwara State Governor, Prince Abdulkadir Mahe, who was buried on Saturday evening, hours after his passing.
The janazah was attended by thousands of people at his Ilorin residence, including Governors Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and Ahmed Usman Ododo (Kogi); senior government officials, bureaucrats, clerics, community leaders, and family members.
Also present at the burial were the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Salihu Danladi; the Grand Kadi of the 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 Local Councils for Ilorin West, South, and East; 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.
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The prayer was led by the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Muhammad Bashir Soliu, who prayed to Allah to admit him to Al-Jannah Firdaus.
Governor Abdulrazaq described the late Chief of Staff as a pillar of support for his administration, noting that 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 Al-Jannah Firdaus,” the Governor told reporters on the sidelines of the event.
Ododo, for his part, described Mahe as a peace-loving personality and prayed to God to 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.
A septuagenarian, Prince Mahe was appointed Chief of Staff on November 3, 2023, after previously serving as the Secretary to the State Government.
Prince Mahe was a retired Permanent Secretary and Clerk of the Kwara State House of Assembly.
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