The president of the famed Eko Lions Club, Mr Olajide Daramola is dead. The 67-year-old former Senior Manager with Niger Insurance Company (NIC) slumped and died as he was walking along Ikotun road in Lagos.
According to eyewitness report, Residents in the area panicked and rushed to the man's aide, he was already slipping into a coma and gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital.
His wife, Kudirat narrated the series of events that day, “My husband left home early in the morning hale and hearty. By 2pm, he called me that he was going to bank and I asked him to come to my shop after his transaction at the bank for us to play before going home.
“But I was shocked when someone called to tell me he had slumped. I could not believe it. I asked a friend living near the area to go and find out. She called to tell me it was true and I had to rush quickly to the scene. When I got there, it was true. We had to rush him to a hospital where he was certified dead.
“His death has dealt a devastating blow to me. He was a father to me. Apart from me, he was a father to the fatherless. He had been championing the cause of the underprivileged since his youth.”
May his soul rest in perfect peace!
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