A sad news indeed. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace and for the family, colleagues and well wishers to bear the irreparable lost.
Abdullahi Ashafa, PhD
Professor,
Department of History,
Kaduna State University,
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P.M.B. 2339,
KADUNA-NIGERIA
+234897137080
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:54 PM, <cogbogbo@yahoo.com> wrote:
--What is happening? Our tribe keeps decreasing. First it was Abasiattai, then came Kunle Lawal's turn, Amadi from the Calabar axis followed. Shortly afterwards the news of Lasis's demise filtered from Ilorin, then Adeleye -an icon of the Ibadan school, of History took a bow and hopefully and lastly for this year, that of a fine bred historian - Okon Uya. They were all historians of repute.For Ibadan, our ranks have been heavily depleted. For Historical Society of Nigeria, five of our fellows who served the country meritoriously have departed. It's a dark day for us again.As we say in Oluyole's Ibadan, Erin wo. Ani ri erure mo o. The elephant has departed, we will not see such again; least not soon.Very sad CBN Ogbogbo .Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
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