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| Late Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr |
The unfortunate news of the demise of Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr was received by
Dr. Dakuku Peterside with shock Tuesday.
Dr. Dakuku Peterside who was the APC Governorship Candidate in the 2015
election and now Director-General of NIMASA is still visibly pained over the
sad development even as he recalled his long years of closeness with the Wiwa
family of Bane in Ogoni.
"This is very sad news for me considering my many years of
association with the Wiwa family of Bane. It's indeed a very sad development
and I am still in shock," Peterside said.
Dr. Peterside said that the untimely death of Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr is a huge
loss not only to the immediate Wiwa family and the Ogoni but to the Rivers
South-East, Rivers State and the Nigerian nation.
Peterside recalled that Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr was a patriot that followed in
the footsteps of his legendary father, the world-renowned author and
environmental rights activist, late Ken Saro-Wiwa.
"I recall that Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr was a great patriot that followed
in the footsteps of his father, late Ken Saro-Wiwa Snr. I'm sure it is this
patriotic and nationalistic fervour in the younger Ken that made him to accept
to serve the Obasanjo Presidency as Special Assistant on Peace, Conflict
Resolution and Reconciliation and later served as Senior Special Assistant on
Civil Society and International Media in the former President Jonathan
administration," Peterside recounted.
Dr. Peterside said: "As we all mourn the momentous loss of Ken Jnr,
I extend my most profound condolences to his immediate family and pray that God
Almighty will grant them the strength and fortitude to bear this irreparable
loss and grant the soul of late Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr eternal bliss in his bosom.
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