Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Dr. Fatima Maada Bio has sent a condolence message to her friend, the First Lady of Namibia, Monica Geingos mourning the death of her husband, President Hage Geingob.
The Namibian President and Founding Prime Minister died past Sunday at age 82 while receiving treatment for Cancer.
In her condolence message, Dr. Fatima Bio said: “Today Africa has lost an illustrious and great leader by the name President Hage Geingob of Namibia. His love for our continent was unmatched and unseen before.
“I am heartbroken for my sister Monica Geingos. How do you write RIP to someone so dear to your heart? Monica darling where do I start with this? How can I hug you and tell you it is well?
“My sister, my dearest friend I am heartbroken for you and the people of Namibia. Please accept our condolences. Yet still we say to the Lord, it is well. It is his time and we thank Allah for the many blessings of making us meet and know a Man/Leader whose love for his people was unquestionable.
“Africa has lost a great pillar in the person of H.E President Hage Geingob. On behalf of myself, my family and the people of Sierra Leone, we extend our sincere condolences to you Monica Geingos, the First Lady of Namibia, your family and the people of Namibia”.
In 2023, His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio and First Lady Fatima Bio hosted late President Geingob and First Lady Monica Geingos as special guests of honour to commemorate the 4th anniversary of the “Hands Off Our Girls” campaign.
The Late President Geingob played a central role in what has become one of Africa’s most stable democracies after returning from a long exile in Botswana and the United States as an anti-apartheid activist.
He was the country’s third president since it gained independence in 1990 following more than a century of German and then apartheid South African rule.
He had been president since 2015 and was set to finish his second and final term this year.
The presidential office said Geingob died in a local hospital with his family by his side. He had returned to Namibia last month from the United States, where he underwent a trial two-day “novel treatment for cancerous cells,” according to his office. In 2014, he said he had survived Prostate Cancer.
