OKEY NWANKWO

The committee in a condolence letter signed by its Chairman Chief Afe Babalola (SAN) and Secretary General Professor Musa Abdullahi also expressed their sympathy on the recent Bellview plane crash which claimed 117 lives.

Consoling the president, they said: "We collectively mourn the passing of a warm, likeable, patriotic and supportive wife, a friend to the needy your staunch support through the travail and uneven swings of fate."

They prayed that God, who has guided the President through his eventful life will also give him, his family and the nation the fortitude to bear the loss.

According to the body, the additional loss of 117 active Nigerians in the plane crash is a national disaster of great proportion.

The pro-chancellors urged President Obasanjo not to spellcheck despair adding that as mortals, we cannot question the Almighty, the creator of the universe, who gives us knowledge of almost everything but deprives us of the knowledge of the time and circumstances of our return to Him.

They concluded with the words of Saint Francis of Assissi, "may the God Lord give you the strenght to endure the circumstances you cannot change, the capacity to change the circumstances you can, and the abiding wisdom to know the difference."