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A former presidential assistant, Tunde Olusun, PhD, has eliminated the deceased elderly statesman and former deputy governor of the state of Kogi, the chief Patrick Adaba.
The tribute of Ollusun was consequent to the announcement of the death of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the head of the state of Kogi.
The commissioner for information and communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo made the announcement in a statement released on Monday.
In his rapid reaction on Monday, dr. Olusunle wrote: “Capo Patrick Adaba was a good gentle and cheerful gentleman. It was SSG in the administration of the former governor of the State of Kogi, Abubakar Audu, in 1992.
“I was director of information and public affairs, in the same period, having granted a leave of my employers, the Daily Times of Nigeria Plc, to support my state which was created only in August 1991.
“The administration took off by a colonial structure that had the offices of the governor, deputy governor and SSG, under the same roof. Government officials, therefore, regularly met each other.
“Due to the differences between Adaba and Audu, Adaba was silently sent to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (Nipss), Kuru, Jos, to be cooled. Later he was coupled with Audu during the elections of the governor of December 1998, at the beginning of the fourth republic.
“Both men were now more mature and worked together better than their previous experience.
“Patrick Adaba refused to be pampered by security or protocol. He regularly played tennis on the 1904 Lokoja Club club, which was a meeting point for the main public employees and the elite in the state of Kogi.
“Generally he would have bought all at least one drink in his days of play and encouraged people to evaluate the administration in which he served so that he could transmit the same as his principal, Prince Abubakar Audu.
“He returns home in his place, Okne, he regularly met my brother, Toba Olusunle, Phd, who was principal of the School of Mines and Metallurgy, Kogi State Polytechnic, who was domiciled in Oraene.
“He preferred to call me with my surname, Olusunles and we would have joked and Favamo of the beautiful laughs. Nice older brother, big boy.
“The chief Adaba was a polyglot. We mainly talked to Yoruba and would have passed perfectly to Hausa if my brother was around. My brother was born and raised between Kano and Zaria, while Adaba studied at Ahmadu Bello University, (Abu), Zaria. A very sociable and lovable statesman.
“The disappearance of his older brother, dr. Tom Adaba about two weeks ago, he put his fragile health to the test. Both were close enough. Tom Adaba, a communications scholar, was on the reserved side, Patrick Adaba was giving and rowdy. “
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