‘Nigeria Mourns Fred Agbaje, an Ardent Advocate against Corruption’-President Buhari
* ‘Sad news of his death came to me with shock’
* ‘He was a canvasser for Internal Democracy in Political Parties’
* ‘He was fearless, called for cleansing of bad begs in Judiciary’
BY NIFEMI OLATOYE/REPORTER, LAGOS
NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT, Muhammadu Buhari has joined list of sympathizers consoling the bereaved family of Fred Agbaje, an erudite human rights lawyer who died of Cardiogenic-Shock in the Emergency Room of a London Hospital on Saturday.
In a press statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, President Buhari commiserates with the Agbaje family, friends and professional colleagues when he states: “I commiserates with the family, friends and professional colleagues of erudite human rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje, who passed on Saturday. I received the news of the sad development with shock, described the constitutional lawyer as “an ardent advocate against corruption and canvasser for internal democracy in political parties, who also believed strongly in the sanctity of the ballot box.”
President Buhari commends the fearlessness of the late lawyer in calling for the cleansing of bad eggs in the
judiciary and standing up for his beliefs as he fought for the rights of the less-privileged in the society.
He notes that the country has lost a principled man as he enjoins Agbaje’s admirers to keep the flag flying.
The President prays that God Almighty consoles the Agbaje family and all those who mourned the deceased
legal practitioner.
