A Father pines for his murdered son.
Picture of Pa Isaiah Fajuyi (94 years) pointing at the photograph of his son Lt. Colonel Francis Adekunle Fajuyi, the Military Governor of the Western Region of Nigeria, who was kidnapped and murdered alongside the Military Head of State, Major General J.T.U. Aguiyi-Ironsi on July 29th 1966.
Speaking to Drum Magazine, he recalled his son as been “so considerate”.
Pa Isaiah: “As you know, I am nearly 95 years old and I never like to miss my attendance at the church.
A few weeks before his death, Adekunle came home and noticed that I usually walked the two miles from my house to the church every morning.
He was very disturbed about this and he told me to send his immediate brother, Sunday, to him when he finished his tour and he would send me a small second-hand car.
Two weeks, later, I sent Sunday to him.
When Sunday arrived in Ibadan the conference of obas and emirs was just beginning and Adekunle asked his brother to wait until the meeting was over.
That boy was there when he was killed.
I never got the car. I never saw him.”
Credit: Drum Magazine.
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