Human
right lawyer Fred Agbaje is dead.He died in the early hours of yesterday
according to CKN news investigation.
His
younger brother Dele Agbaje confirmed this yesterday.Our investigation however revealed that the erudite lawyer has been
bedridden from months after he initially slumped in London some months back.
He later
recovered and has been recuperating before he finally succumbed to the cold
hand of death yesterday.
Meanwhile,President
Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family, friends and professional
colleagues of erudite human rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje, who passed on Saturday.
In a
statement by his special adviser media Femi Adesina, the President, who
received the news of the sad development with shock, described the
constitutional lawyer as “an ardent advocate against corruption and canvasser
for internal democracy in political parties, who also believed strongly in the
sanctity of the ballot box.”
President
Buhari commended the fearlessness of the late lawyer in calling for the
cleansing of bad eggs in the judiciary and standing up for his beliefs as he
fought for the rights of the less-privileged in the society.
Adesina
said “He notes that the country has lost a principled man as he enjoins
Agbaje’s admirers to keep the flag flying.
“The
President prays that God Almighty consoles the Agbaje family and all those who
mourned the deceased legal practitioner
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