Death where is thy sting? Your departure is a big loss to humanity. I say this with conviction based on our friendship and bond over the past 20yrs. I recall when we met at my relative’s burial in 1999. I took an unsual liking to you because of your abundant and uncommon jovial manners. We became very close during our 4 years sting in the senate from 2003-2007 where we became quite fond of one another. You earned my utmost respect and displayed utmost comittment to family, absolute brilliance, sharpeness, and wisdom which I often tapped into. What some describe as arrogance, careless and reckless with words was to me your selling point. You were brutally honest without pretense. Plain hearted with no harm ever intended. Politicians like you are rare and uncommon in our political firmament. You once joked you will live to be 95years. For me, you have departed this sinful world to be with Almighty Allah where you will live eternally. Olori ebi (which I fondly called you), Sun re ooo.
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro
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