Nigeria has lost one of its finest Corporate players, one of the earliest Captains in the Industry as Chairman of the UACN; a rare and distinguished personality as President of the country and an advocate of peace
Former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, says he has lost a father, friend, mentor and adviser’ following the death of ex-Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan.
Daniel, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, also described the late elder statesman as a patriot and pillar of support for Ogun State and Nigeria.
He expressed this in a condolence message he personally signed and made available to newsheadline247.
Daniel, who visited Mrs Margaret Shonekan, wife of the late former Nigerian leader at the family Ikoyi home in Lagos on Tuesday, noted that late “Shonekan lived a fulfilled and adorable life that generations after us will remember.”
The condolence message read;
Date: 11 January, 2022
Her Excellency,
Chief Mrs Margaret Shonekan, .
Your Excellency,
My Condolences
I received with grief the news of His Excellency, Chief Ernest Shonekan’s demise this morning.
I have no doubt that Chief Shonekan lived a life of absolute fulfilment and, in all ramifications, he earned a space in the book of patriots.
Nigeria has lost one of its finest Corporate players, one of the earliest Captains in the Industry as Chairman of the UACN; a rare and distinguished personality as President of the country and an advocate of peace. In Ogun State, we have lost a pillar of support and elder statesman.
I first met Chief Ernest Shonekan in the corporate world as Chairman of UACN, several years ago, being a UAC Scholar myself, and we remain close till his death. Personally, I have lost a father, friend, mentor and adviser.
But in all these, let us take solace that he lived a fulfilled and adorable life that generations after us will remember.
On behalf of my family, I offer my deepest condolences and pray that God Almighty will provide the much-needed strength to carry on at this time of such great loss.
His Exc. Otunba (Engr.) Gbenga Daniel, FNSE, FAEng,
Governor of Ogun State (2003-2011)
