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ABIKE Dabiri-Orewa, chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM has condoled with the family of Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, the 20-year old Nigerian, who lost his life while trying to save the life of a woman who fell from London Bridge, describing him as “our hero and a martyr.”
In a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, commission’s head of Media, Dabiri-Erewa, though deeply pained by the death of the young trying to save someone else’s life, described him as a hero, never to be forgotten.
She passionately appealed to the family of Jimi to take heart and be consoled with the fact that Jimi died as a fearless hero and will be forever remembered as a martyr.
The chairman prayed unto God to allow Jimi‘s soul to rest in perfect peace and comfort his aged parents, family, and friends in the best manner.
“This is a very painful and sad incident for a young promising Jimi to die this way sacrificing his life.
Undoubtedly, Jimi with this courageous and selfless act has earned himself the sobriquet of a hero and attained the highest form of death, martyrdom”, she said.
The late Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, a.k.a Jimi, was on his way home from work when he saw a woman fall off London Bridge on Saturday.
He and another man entered the water at around midnight on Saturday in a bid to rescue her.
The woman and the other man were rescued by the Coastguard and the Metropolitan Police’s marine unit – but Jimi wasn’t found after an extensive search.
Jimi’s parents Michael Adewole, 63, and his mother Olasunkanmi Adewole, 54, have been left heartbroken.
Commenting on reports of Mr. Olubunmi-Adewole’s death, the mayor of London Sadiq Khan tweeted that he “was the best of us”.
– April 27, 2021 @ 18:59 GMT
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