President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family, friends and professional colleagues of erudite human rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje, who passed on Saturday.
A statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said, Buhari, 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.”
The indigene of Akoko Edo in Edo State reportedly died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness.
“President Buhari commends 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,” the statement continued.
“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.”
