President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the family of Abba Moro, the Senate minority leader, over the death of his son and a grandson.

Victor, the senator's son, was killed in a motor accident along the Mararaba axis of Nasarawa state on October 19. His father's grandson died barely 24 hours after his demise.

Reports indicate that Victor had only returned to Nigeria from Turkey to participate in the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme.

Speaking during plenary on Tuesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the sad news to lawmakers.

“Distinguished colleagues, we have an unfortunate situation where our minority leader lost two of his children under 48 hours,” Akpabio said.

“In fact, his son, who just graduated, died in a motor accident in the last few days, and the grandson also passed away through circumstances that are very tragic.

“He has not mandated us to discuss this, but I felt that being part and parcel of us, we should at least observe one minute’s silence for those two young Nigerians who died.

“In fact, the son was 28 years old when this accident occurred two days ago. He’s not here today, but I want to urge that from here, we have made available buses outside that we can go to his house and condole with him.”

The senate then observed a minute’s silence in honour of the deceased.

In a message to the bereaved family, President Tinubu described the incident as a painful tragedy and urged the family to find comfort in the memories of their departed loved ones.

In a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, he said: “President Tinubu urges the family to find solace in the impactful lives of the children, whose time on earth, though short, is truly a blessing to the many lives they touched,” the statement reads.

The president prayed that God “will receive the souls of the departed children and comfort the family”.