Alhaja Sidikat Abake Basiru, the mother of the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ajibola Basiru, has died.
She reportedly passed away in the early hours of Sunday, June 28.
Announcing her death in a post on his verified 𝕏 account, Basiru paid tribute to his mother and expressed gratitude for her life and sacrifices.
“Alhamdulilah for a life well spent in devotion to Allah and service to humanity!
“I will always remember your love and the sacrifice to enable us be who Allah destined us to be.
“I love you Maami but I accept that we belong to Allah and to Him we shall all return someday!” he wrote.
Following the announcement, political associates, friends and well-wishers sent condolence messages to the APC National Secretary and his family.
The APC governorship candidate for the 2026 Osun State governorship election, Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, described her death as a painful loss.
“It is with a heavy heart that I received the news of the passing of the beloved mother of my dear brother and friend, Dr. Surajudeen Ajibola Basiru, the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress,” he said.
Oyebamiji said the loss of a mother leaves a void that words can hardly fill.
He prayed that Almighty Allah would forgive her shortcomings, accept her return, widen and illuminate her grave, and grant her Al-Jannah Firdaus.
