Chief Bisi Akande, the founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a former governor of Osun State, has eulogized the late former President Muhammadu Buhari as an extraordinary leader who left a permanent mark on Nigeria.
Leading a delegation on a condolence visit to the Buhari family in Kaduna, Akande expressed profound sorrow, describing the former president as “an angel in human flesh.”
“He was a great Nigerian. He was patriotic. Maybe he was an angel coming in human flesh and he had done his bit. He had passed,” Akande stated.
Reflecting on his final meeting with Buhari in Daura, Katsina State, Akande recalled that the former president appeared to be in good health and spirits.
“We had a nice time together. He was looking robust, he was healthy, very strong,” he recounted, expressing his shock at the sudden passing. He characterized the loss as “Very painful, very, very painful.”
Akande emphasized that paying his respects was his first priority upon returning to Nigeria from abroad.
He praised Buhari as a rare patriot whose legacy and contributions to nation-building would be remembered long after his death.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
