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Ayoola Bathed In Honour, Dignity –Obasanjo Mourns Late Ex-ICPC Chair
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has mourned former Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, saying he left behind a name thoroughly bathed in honour and dignity.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ayoola, one of the nation’s eminent and most revered jurists, died at 90 on Tuesday.
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Obasanjo, in a condolence letter to the Head of Ayoola Family, a copy which was made available to journalists by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, said the news of the death came to him in Congo Brazzaville as “a jarring shock.”
The former President, who appointed late Ayoola as chairman of the ICPC during his administration, stated that throughout his entire career in the Public Service, the late legal icon exhibited and demonstrated very good leadership qualities, wisdom and wealth of experience as well as rare qualities of commitment and courage, always upholding the cherished traditions of the Public Service.
He said: “Although I am deeply saddened to hear of his transition, I am comforted by the knowledge that he lived a full, productive and useful life of service and devotion to his community, his State and the nation as well as to humanity. Again, as mortals, we can never question the designs of the Almighty God.
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“In a country like ours which is abundantly endowed with stars and frontiersmen, Justice Ayoola was one genuine patriot who radiated dominantly within our national space and beyond. He was a distinguished Nigerian, an icon, a paragon of rightness and rectitude, whose life is devoted entirely to the service of his nation. He was a role model and a nationalist.
“He will be recorded by history as a Nigerian who embodies all the high points of our national achievements, and one of the very rare breeds of citizens who have combined total dedication, commitment and excellence in all national and international endeavours they have engaged in. A self-made man, Justice Ayoola built for himself a most inspiring, even intimidating profile as a formidable jurist, a thorough-bred scholar and an exemplary pacesetting administrator.”
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