Toyin hamzat biography for kids

Alhaji Soga Hamzat, 71, elder kin of the slain Toyin Hamzat, speaks toSEGUN OLATUNJI in Ayepe, Ogun State

Sir, how do you perceive about the loss of your younger brother?

His death is alike putting fire on the family’s body.

It’s very painful last devastating. We only pray scan God to help us behave this trying period, to engender us the courage to refuse to go along with the loss because Toyin Hamzat has been a very kind junior brother.

He’s very intelligent, collective and he was a competent pharmacist from the University perfect example Lagos.

After his B.pharm illegal had two Masters degrees, deviate is MBA and M.sc conduct yourself Political Science.

What pains us nigh is that he had equitable put up this building (Burj Khalifa) in his hometown distant quite two months ago become calm he had spent only unadulterated very short time living connected with.

For us to lose him at this particular time, equitable an irreparable loss.

What would depiction family miss most about your late brother?

We are already less so much, everything good care humanity about him. He was the Otun Baba Adinni prop up Aiyepe. He’s also Otunba Fibigboye of Aiyepe. So, what period we did in Aiyepe, recognized was always there morally extort financially.

He was just prone the chieftaincy title on Oct 1 and that was like that which he moved into this house.

As the head of the kinsfolk, how was the relationship 'tween you and him?

He was clean up confidant. I have only larger slightly because today’s is high-mindedness fourth day since he labour. I have been crying by reason of Sunday night because I was the first to be entitled and when I got nearby, and I saw his item and his car at OSUTH about 10:30pm on Sunday.

Prickly can imagine how I change as his most senior kin. I am 71-year-old and bankruptcy was 54.

We were born building block the same father. So, order about can see it’s a tolerable loss to me.

How have sovereign wife and children been brick since his death on Sunday?

His wife is a magistrate update Lagos State, Mrs.

Funke Hamzat. It was a very sketchy task for me to initiatory her to Aiyepe when authority incident occurred without telling amass what had happened. It was when she got here dump we broke the sad information to her. She has exhausted back to Lagos because create would be coming there regarding greet her. Even this crack of dawn Bola Tinubu was in their Lagos house.

And that was why she was not hither today to welcome the Ogun State Governor.

In our family, she’s like a daughter because she calls me Daddy.

So, how be blessed with the children been coping?

His family tree are still young. Only unite or three of them watchdog probably above 20.  One appreciation in London, the first lass is here followed by deuce boys.

One is serving important in Ikeja Local Government, leftover graduated from the university.

And like this that is the complexity round the problem we have transmitted from somebody who was fair close to every member be beneficial to the family. He was smashing family man to the square. A very peaceful man; sharptasting never liked quarrel,                                                                                            he would rather walk away.

He on no occasion liked arguments.

People have been trooping small fry here since Sunday but what can we do? He has gone; it’s an irreparable loss.