Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu joined Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, former Governors Victor Attah, Udom Emmanuel, and others to pay tribute to the late First Lady of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Patience Umo Eno.
At a night of tributes held in her honour at the International Worship Centre in Uyo on Friday Night, Mrs Tinubu pledged her continuous prayers for the Akwa Ibom First family.
Represented by the wife of the Senate President, Ekaete-Unoma Akpabio, Nigeria’s First Lady promised to support Helen Obareki, the first daughter of the late Akwa Ibom first lady to ensure her mother’s legacy lives on.
On behalf of her husband, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, whom she also represented at the event, Mrs Akpabio urged Governor Umo Eno to be consoled that her wife lived a life worthy of emulation.
“No one can replace her but who are we to question God? I know that God who took her will console you. She was a strong, patient, tolerant and prayerful woman,” Mrs Akpabio said.
In his eulogies, the immediate past governor of the state, Deacon Udom Emmanuel said the departed first lady lived her life serving God and humanity as her calling.
“This life is like an examination room. Once you finish writing your script you submit and bow out. She has finished her script, and she submitted and bowed out,” Deacon Emmanuel said, urging the family to be consoled by her legacy.
Former Governor of the State, Obong Victor Attah said that the first lady has gone to rest with the Lord.
“See it that you now have another intercessor in heaven to guide you in your works, and spiritual life. May her intercession for her husband and Akwa Ibom State be fully answered by our Lord Jesus Christ,” Obong Attah prayed.
In his tribute to his wife, the Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, PhD, recalled a night leading to the day he received his doctorate at the University of Uyo, how his wife in her usual character gave him a suit and a shirt to wear for the ceremony.
The governor said that before her death, his wife had promised her husband that she would attend his Ph.D graduation.
“Most times I asked myself what my wife would have wanted, she would have still wanted us to carry on.
“I remember the night I received my doctorate at the University of Uyo. The night was breaking that morning. I remember her telling me I must finish the programme that she would be at my graduation.”
Pastor Patience Umo Eno died of an undisclosed illness on 26 September at the age of 57 years.
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