Wale Akinterinwa, former Commissioner for Finance in Ondo State, has expressed sadness of the passage of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fashoranti, describing his exit as a momentous end of a remarkable era.
In a statement he personally signed, Akinterinwa paid glowing tributes to Pa Fashoranti and concluded that his death has created a vacuum too difficult to fill.
“Pa Reuben Fashoranti was a man of uncommon passion, a great teacher, a progressive ideologue, a community leader and a role model… Baba was a pride to Ondo State, an asset to Yorubaland and a treasure to Nigeria as a nation… Though he lived for over 100 years, he remained robustly relevant, conspicuously consistent and audaciously dependable till he gave up the ghost. Indeed, Pa Fashoranti ‘s departure has left a huge vacuum that’s too difficult to fill,” Akinterinwa wrote.
While commiserating with the Fashoranti family and associates over the passage of their patriarch, the former APC governorship aspirant urged them to do everything possible to sustain the legacy of service and integrity which characterised the life and times of the late Afenifere leader.
