Senate Minority leader, Senator Patrick Abba Moro is in a mourning state.
The former Interior Minister lost one of his son and grandson within 48 hours to motoring accidents.
According to reports, Senator Moro’s son, Victor, who had recently completed his studies in Turkey, returned to Nigeria to participate in the National Youth Service Corps programme.
Sadly, his life was cut short in a fatal motor accident along the Mararaba axis in Nasarawa State, barely 24 hours after the burial of his father’s grandson.
The younger Moro had reportedly travelled from his family home to attend to personal matters when the accident occurred.
The incident has thrown the lawmaker’s family and close associates into deep mourning, with many describing the loss as a double tragedy.
A former Senate President, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki, mourned with the family of Senator Moro over the demise of their son and grandson.
Saraki said: “To lose a grandson, and then, only days later, a son, is a pain no family should ever have to bear.
“This double bereavement is a deeply difficult moment for the Senate Minority Leader, Distinguished Senator Abba Moro, his wife, and their family.
“Toyin and I extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences, and pray that the Almighty will strengthen them, comfort them, and surround them with His peace through this very dark season.”
The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom in condolence message “expressed shock” over the sad development.
Ortom’s remark was contained in a statement issued on Monday by his media aide, Terver Akase.
The former governor described the incident as a heartbreaking double tragedy that words can hardly express, and noted that the pain of losing two family members in such quick succession is beyond comprehension.
Ortom said the death of Victor Moro, a “young man full of promise who had just completed his studies in Turkey and returned home to serve his country under the National Youth Service Corps, only for his life to be cut short in a fatal motor accident, is especially devastating”.
He stated that the tragedy has not only thrown the Moro family into mourning but has also brought great sorrow to all their friends, relations and associates, particularly those who know Senator Moro as a committed public servant and leader.
“This is indeed a moment of deep pain and sorrow for my brother and friend, Senator Abba Moro. No words are enough to console a father in this kind of situation. My heart goes out to him and the entire family. I pray that God, in His infinite mercy, will comfort them and grant the souls of the departed eternal rest,” Ortom said.
He further prayed that the Almighty God strengthens Moro and his loved ones, granting them the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.
