Nigeria: Tribute to a Friend - Late Abubakar Sayedi Kutigi

6 October 2010

The death of Abubakar Sayedi Kutigi which occurred on October 1, 2010, and the Fidau prayer that followed immediately on Sunday October 3, 2010, were very heart-rending to me.

I almost ran crazy when the sudden death of Abubakar Sayedi got to my hearing. It took me time before I concluded that my friend was actually dead. Although, death occurs, sometimes unexpectedly, but the surprising demise of my friend alarmed me. If not because death is a necessity which must come, I would have concluded that my friend was not dead, but a mere trick by him to justify his kindness to people.

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