Date Published: 09/05/09

Gani lived an illustrious life - Enahoro

Elder statesman and convener of the Mega Summit Movement, Chief Anthony Enahoro, Cfr has condoled with the family and associates of Chief Gani Oyesola Fawehinmi, who passes on early this morning at his Ikeja residence in Lagos.

Gani Fawehinmi, according to Chief Enahoro, has always been an inspiration to the progressive movement since he first met  him in the 80’s; serving as the rallying point of the peoples’ struggles at various times and making unimaginable sacrifices on each occasion of his rare intervention.

Instructing Wale Okunniyi, his political confidant from his Benin country home this morning, the octogenarian politician who chairs Pro National Conference Organization, PRONACO; a pro democracy platform for which Gani Fawehinmi, also made invaluable contributions, alongside literary Icon, Prof Wole Soyinka and the late Beko Ransome Kuti said

“Make sure you give my sympathy to Gani’s family today without fail, and also ensure that our people are there to commiserate with the family. The peoples’ constitution of PRONACO, among other good works of Gani, is a testimony that he lived an illustrious life. Oh, boy! You, people must be ready to advance the cause of the people beyond his time”

Okunniyi while commiserating with some close associates this morning on behalf of the Mega Summit Movement, MSM said Chief Fawehinmi will be greatly missed at the forthcoming National Summit on Democracy scheduled for next month in Abuja. He described Gani as the all time hero of the students’ movement of Nigeria, which produced him and others who are today leading the pro democracy movement.    

Confirming the news of Gani’s demise to journalists this morning in lagos, the PRONACO Spokesman said “An icon of the revolutionary movement, a hero of the downtrodden, a defender of the peoples' rights, a foremost change champion, Senior Advocate of the Masses, Gani Oyesola Fawehimi is no more with is us but note that the essence of his life remains in our midst, Gani lives on!”