Tony Akowe and Victor Oluwasegun, Abuja
THE minority caucus of the House of Representatives has described the late Chief Richard Akinjide as a detribalised Nigerian and an exceptional statesman who made immeasurable sacrifices towards the unity, stability and development of the country.
A statement by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, described the death as a national tragedy.
According to him, Akinjide was a quintessential administrator, an incomparable legal icon, and democrat.
He described the deceased as ‘a foremost democrat and nationalist whose patriotic contributions as a journalist, lecturer, lawyer, politician, minister of education and Attorney-General of the Federation stood him out as one of Nigeria’s brightest leading lights in the quest for national stability and growth, particularly during the First and Second Republics’.
Elumelu commiserated with the bereaved family, Federal Government, Oyo State, the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and his Ibadan kindred, and prayed God to grant the deceased eternal rest.
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