By AFUSAT AGUNBIADE-OLADIPO

The Nigeria Governors? Forum (NGF) has condoled with the families of two prominent Nigerians and elder statesmen, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark, who recently passed away.

The forum, In a statement signed in Ilorin on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to Kwara Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, said their deaths had depleted the rank of national outstanding voices.

According to the statement, the two were never afraid to offer their views on issues of national importance.

The forum recalled that the duo played critical roles in the evolution of the country?s democracy, constitutional development, and the discourse around its federal system vis-?-vis topical issues of resource control and the rights of ethnic minorities.

It extended its heartfelt condolences to the people and governments of South-West and South-South, especially Ogun and Delta states, and the families of the statesmen on these developments.

The forum prayed for the repose of their souls, saying their legacies would endure for generations yet unborn.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Adebanjo died at his Lekki residence on Friday at the age of 96, while Clark died on Monday at the age of 97. (NAN)

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