Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday mourned the death of Methodist emeritus prelate, Dr. Sunday Mbang, describing him as a “deeply pious man, a true critic and fearless activist, who dedicated his life to the pursuit of the common good of the society.”
Obasanjo, who reacted to the news of Mbang’s death from Malta where he had gone on an official engagement, said his passage was a colossal loss to him personally and for the country as a whole.
His condolence message, which was made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital by his special assistant on media, Kehinde Akinyemi, described the late cleric as a strong advocate of justice for the vulnerable, “a sharp constructive critic of Nigeria’s political economy, a model and an example for Christians all over the world.
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“His death, no doubt, is a colossal loss to me personally. I didn’t know he would soon leave us and depart to the great beyond as he was looking relatively well when last I visited him in Uyo on May 2, 2023,” he disclosed.
Obasanjo said he knew Mbang, “as a fearless soldier of Christ, winning souls for the Kingdom and despite having had a sprinkle of disagreements based on principles along the way, we often ended up agreeing to agree and this has strengthened our friendship and brotherliness in Christ and enhanced my personal respect for him and what he stood for.
“The priestly upbringing of young Sunday and his siblings by his pastor father, a disciplinarian, and his homely mother underpinned equipping him with the word of God early in life and which stood him in good stead throughout his life and in service of God and man,” he said.
