Buhari, Others Commiserate with Keyamo over Father’s Death

Deji Elumoye in Abuja

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, on the demise of his father, Pa Mattias Keyamo.
The President, in a release issued yesterday his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, joined members of the Keyamo family, friends and the people of Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State in mourning Pa Mattias, a respected community leader, who loved his children with great passion and did his best to prepare them for leadership positions and opportunities.
As a father who deeply cherished the benefits of friendship and mutual respect to people irrespective of their background, the President believed that Pa Keyamo was an embodiment of Nigeria’s greatness and rich diversity, having spent some of his adult life in Kaduna and Ilaro, Ogun State before settling in Ughelli.
President Buhari urged the Keyamo family to draw inspiration from the strength of character of their beloved father and grandfather, even as he prays that God will comfort them at this time.
”May the soul of the departed rest in peace,” the president prayed.
Similarly,   Louis Odion, FNGE  Senior Technical Assistant on Media to the President, Louis Odion has expressed sadness over the death of pa Keyamo, saying:
“I am deeply saddened by the death of Pa Keyamo, the father of my ‘twin brother’. However, as we mourn, we also celebrate the exemplary life of a great patriarch, inspired by his golden legacy.
“A man of deep Christian conviction, Pa Keyamo was a completely detribalised Nigerian, born in Delta, raised in Kaduna and married to a Yoruba lady, Mama Caroline Keyamo. Anyone privileged to have encountered this sage cannot but be gladdened by fond memories of him: his big laugh, folksy humour and sagely counsel.
“We cherish even more what he left in us. With the power of personal example, he taught us the values of patriotism, courage, honour, loyalty and charity. Those traits are amply demonstrated by the deeds and words of Festus for more than three decades we have been together, in good and bad times.
According to the family, Pa Keyamo passed on peacefully at the age of 83 on Saturday, March 5th, 2022 in Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta from where the family hails.
“Born on August 23rd, 1938, in Erovie Quarters in Effurun, Delta State, Pa Matthias Keyamo was later raised in Kaduna and Ilaro, Ogun State where he met and married his wife, Mrs. Caroline Keyamo (nee Ogunjobi). They immediately relocated to Ughelli in Delta State where he begat all his children, including the present Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Olorogun Festus Keyamo, SAN.
tails will be announced later by the family,” the family had said in a statement.