The Shadow In The Twilight: An Ode to Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti (1926–2026).
Pa Reuben Famuyide Fasoranti belonged to that rare breed of men whose very existence became a moral compass for society.
He lived for a century, but the measure of his life was never in the number of years he lived.
It was in the principles he upheld, the lives he touched, the institutions he built, and the causes for which he never ceased to fight.
For as long as I can remember, Baba Fasoranti has been one of the men I looked up to. He represented everything I believed public service ought to be: integrity without compromise, leadership without arrogance, political conviction without blind loyalty, and an abiding belief that the welfare of the people must always be the supreme purpose of government. It was this admiration that, in the lead-up to the 2023 presidential election, made his endorsement of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu one of the most consequential influences on my decision to join the campaign for his presidency. I believed that a man who had spent his life advocating true federalism, restructuring, state police, and public accountability would not lend his moral authority lightly.
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