Ilorin – The remains of late Olajide
Fashikun, a former chairman of the Sports
Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) in
Kwara, was on Thursday committed to
mother earth.
Fashikun was buried in his country home,
Obbo-Aiyegunle, in Ekiti Local Government
Area of the state.
The late Fashikun, who was until his
demise, the Managing Editor of Goingnews,
an online news outfit, died in the early
hours of Sunday in Abuja, at the age of 53.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports
that the burial was attended by both
nuclear and extended family members;
retired and active athletes, as well as his
colleagues in the pen pushing trade from
far and near.
In his sermon, Johnson Musa, the Most
Apostle Prophet of the Cherubim and
Seraphim Church, Obbo-Aiyegunle, said that
despite his untimely death, he lived a
fulfilled and impactful life worthy of
emulation.
While praying God to grant the family the
fortitude to bear the loss, he charged the
children to imbibe and sustain the legacies
of the deceased.
According to him, the late sport writer
touched the lives of many people, going by
the testimonies given.
The Kwara Government, represented by the
Director of Sports, Mallam Tunde Kazeem,
while condoling the family, described late
Fashikun as an administrator who lived an
exemplary life.
Equally, Ondo State Government,
represented by the state Commissioner for
Sports, Saka Ogunleye, while praising the
deceased for his efforts at developing
sports and youths, supported the family
with cash donations.
He, thereafter, promised more support for
the family.
NUJ
National and Abuja SWAN, represented by
messrs Alloy Chukwuemeka and Ndubueze
Nduka respectively, described the
deceased as a courageous, workaholic and
a freedom fighter, who always stood by
truth and justice.
An Olympian, Mary Onyali, who is also
Fashikun’s partner in the Nigeria Sports
Development Project, said the deceased
brought her back home from the USA to
start the project 12 years ago.
She, however, vowed to fulfill the dream,
despite the demise of Fashikun.
Onyali also announced the bid by the
Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) to
give university scholarship to Femi, the 17-
year-old son of the deceased, even as she
pledged her support for the other children.
Jimoh Ibrahim’s brother says mother
died of ‘family complications’
Late Fashikun was survived by aged
mother, wife and four children. (NAN)
Source:
www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/
remains-of-late-fashikun-laid-to-rest/
