Chief James Onanefe Ibori has described the death of Senator David Dafinone as an irremediable loss to the Nigerian business firmament, the Urhobo nation, Delta state and Nigeria as a whole. He said: “Dafinone was a Jack of many trades who became master of all. Dafinone achieved this because he lived life to the fullest, embraced challenges and also excelled in everything he did”.
In a press statement of 1st October 2018, signed by Tony Eluemunor his Media Assistant, Ibori said that he was privileged to have known Dafinone on a personal level as “he rendered remarkable service to Delta state as a member of the Special Advisory Council and one of the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party”.
Ibori said: “Though David Dafinone was globally known as a Chartered Accountant, one of the few ones who made it into the Guinness Book of Records - his family has the largest number of accountants in the world, he actually studied Economics. He combined this with part-time professional accountancy examinations as he progressed through the university. As he graduated with a degree in Economics he was also acquiring his professional certificate in Accountancy at the same time.
He worked with topflight organisations both as an Economist and Accountant, he and Chief Akintola Willliams became the doyens of Accountancy in Nigeria. Dafinone’s illustrious spirit had to embrace other challenges – politics, publishing, business, real estate development, etc, and he excelled in all.
Dafinone joined the late Chief Jonathan Odebiyi and the late Dr. Olusola Saraki, to form the three most influential Senators of the Second Repblic – authoritative, in debate, carriage and highly respected across all the political parties of that from 1979 to 1983.
His Ceddi Plaza, Apapa, is a very visible and highly known Lagos landmark just as the Ceddi Plaza Abuja helps to define the federal capital city’s Central Business District. Not many people may remember that Dafinone owned the encyclopaedic “Who is Who in Nigeria” publication and also published the “Abuja Handbook” for several years.
May his soul rest in perfect peace”.
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