Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Wednesday paid a condolence visit to the family of late elder statesman, Dr Tunji Braithwaite, on Victoria Island.
The lawyer, politician and activist died aged 82 on Monday at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos.
Present to receive the governor was widow of the deceased, Grace Braithwaite, and his first daughter, Dr. Omowunmi Braithwaite.
Others were Olumide Braithwaite, Akin Braithwaite and granddaughter, Miss Dara Rhodes
Ambode, who signed a condolence register at the residence, was accompanied by Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Samuel Olukunle Ojo, among others.
The governor, while commiserating with Braithwaite’s widow, Grace and the children, said their father paid his dues, assuring that the state government will continue to celebrate the ideals he stood for during his lifetime.
He said he was following the footsteps of the late Braithwaite in using his position as the Governor of the state to work for the masses and the majority, so as to make life meaningful to the generality of the people.
“I want to clearly state here that whatever it is that we are doing even as a government or as a party, they are the things that the late Dr. Braithwaite stood for. If there was anybody that was always on the side of the masses, such person was the late Dr. Tunji Braithwaite. He believed, confessed and fought for the masses throughout his life time.
“No matter the side he was on, the political divide, his message was consistent, constant and he was always thoroughbred and that is why I have come here not only to console the family but to say that everything that I’m also doing is on the side of the masses and is on the side of the majority which he also believed in, which he confessed, which he stood for notwithstanding whatever trepidations or challenges on his way,” Ambode said.
Responding on behalf of the family, Dr. Omowunmi Braithwaite thanked Ambode for finding time to commiserate with them despite his busy schedule.
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