With Major Business In The Niger Delta, Atiku Says Ken Saro-Wiwa Junior Was A Patriot

Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Atiku Abubabar, who has a major business in the troubled Niger Delta region, has described the sudden death of Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr., eldest son of late author and environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, as a loss of a cultured budding national future leader, patriotic global pen pusher and a humanist with a heart of gold.

 Atiku, in a condolence message issued in Abuja by his Media Office on Thursday, 20 October 2016, expresses shock and anguish at the demise of the cerebral activist at barely age 48.

 “Ken Saro-Wiwa Jnr. was a suave, urbane and humane gentleman who fought injustice and inequity with scholarly augment and logical polemics. He chose the path of debate and jaw-jaw to redress wrongdoings to his people, rather than recourse to violence,” Atiku said.

 According to him, Saro-Wiwa Jnr. was “a lettered-man whose lifespan though short-lived has evergreen achievements nationally and internationally; especially in the spheres of journalism and human cum environmental rights activism. He dedicated his life to the service of the Nigerian nation.”