Teslim Folarin, senator for Oyo Central senatorial district, lost his wife, Barrister Angela, to an untimely death on Friday afternoon.
According to Senator Folarin’s media aide, YSO Olaniyi, in a statement published to the public, the senator’s wife died on Friday in the United Kingdom.
“With entire submission to Almighty Allah’s will, we announce the death of our wife, mother, and sister, Chief (Barr.) Angela Nwaka Folarin,” Olaniyi stated in a statement.
“On Friday afternoon, the wife of Oyo Central Senator was declared dead. She died in the United Kingdom.
“Until the angel of death knocked on the door, the dead was in good health.” May the Almighty God console us and grant Angela everlasting peace.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has spoken out on the death of Senator Teslim Folarin’s wife, Angela Nwaka Folarin.
Buhari expressed his sincere sympathies to Folarin, the legislator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District; his children, family members, and friends, according to a statement signed by the President’s spokesperson, Femi Adesina.
“The President’s prayers and thoughts are with the Folarins as they mourn the loss of a loving wife and mother,” the statement said, “urging them to find consolation and strength in the reality that the Almighty God is always with us through the good and bad seasons of life.”
Angela Folarin, a British barrister, died on Friday afternoon.
Folarin, a senior member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was elected to the Senate of Oyo in 2019.