Breaking: Akeredolu is dead
The president posted on his twitter page; I grieve for my brave brother, Timi Akeredolu. Writing an eulogy and singing a dirge for a passing soul is a challenging endeavour. In our African culture, helping a younger person is considered a more challenging task. Here I am, faced with the challenging task of singing a dirge for Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, my dear brother, confidant, and political soulmate. Rotimi is a towering figure whose human essence I cannot adequately describe in words. As a senior advocate, attorney general of his beloved state, president of the Nigerian Bar Association, and governor of Ondo State, Rotimi was a man who moved our nation towards equity, fairness, and justice through his steadfast advocacy against every form of injustice in our country through the instrumentality of the law. Rotimi was a voice of strength in the desert, urging us to reconsider our security architecture in order to create a more se...