Africa richest man, Aliko Dangote, on Friday shared a heart-breaking experience of the last one hour of his late brother, Sani Ibrahim Dangote, who died on a life support machine before his eyes, and his mum and children.
Dangote, who spoke in Kano when the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu paid him a condolence visit at his Nasarawa GRA resident revealed that ” death is a lesson for us”.
He noted “That is why it is good to be good so that when you get there you can bid for what ever you were asked to do on earth.
“Your Excellency, you are our host because you are the governor of all of us and we really thank you for taking almost the whole week struggling with the crowds, it’s not easy.
“I thank you all for all your prayers and your support. This will actually help us to reduce the pain that we are going through. It is a very tough time forus, it’s been very trying fore specially myself, we were actually almost like bond together.
“Having a brother like this, onceyou losehim it is really very painful. Because he died in front of myself, our mother and all his children.
“The most painful thing is when you are told that your brother will be passing on in about an hour and you stand by watching as the machine is going down until it stopped working. It was very tormenting,” Dangote stated.
He called on the family to take heart and continue to pray for the reposed soul of late Sani Dangote.
“We are here not to just commiserate or console you, we are here tog ether to mourn our dear brother. Sani is not yours alone, he is a Lagosian and a great Nigerian and a friend and a brother to all of us here.
“I am not a preacher, but I know what it means to suddenly lose a close relation especially a brother.
“What we have come to do is to join in prayers for you and the people of Kano State, for Nigeria and the entire family as a whole. May God give you the strength to bear the loss. Its a loss to all of us. And also grant you what you didn’t donate to, longer life, keep you in good health, keep the family in good health, give you peace of mind and the ability to accept the decree of God Almighty.
