Nigerians from far and near have been mourning the demise of late Dr. Tunji Braithwaite. Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress and convener of Oodua Progressive Union Otunba Gani Adams too joined in honoring the revered lawyer
In a statement issued by Otunba Adams, he said
"The death of Elder statesman, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite marks a closure in another chapter in the history of our great country Nigeria.
Dr. Tunji Braithwaite though died at a ripe age of 82, but his death at this point of our political life has robbed Nigerians of the opportunity to drink from his rich pot of wisdom.
As the last man standing from the political titans of the second republic, during which he founded the Nigerian Advance Party, NAP, Dr. Braithwaite surely contributed his quota to the growth of his fatherland.
I saw him from close range as a delegate at the 2014 National Conference, during which he canvassed for a confederal constitution.
His robust contributions to deliberations and discussions on the floor of conference contributed in no small measures to the success of the National Conference.
With his death, let those in authority go back to his advise that the Conference must be as much a development conference as a constitutional one.
I will urge the Federal Government to set to work the machinery to immortalize this great nationalist. May his soul rest in perfect peace"
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