I Received the News of Your Passing To The Great Beyond With Immense Sadness, But After Pondering And Having Deep Reflections, I Give Overwhelming Thanks To God Almighty For the Spectacular Life that you lived and the outstanding qualities of The Great Gifts With Which God so bountifully Endowed You.
Little wonder therefore that today, the Media is Replete with Hair Raising Accounts, By Peoples Across the World, Of the over 85 years of the Wonderful and blissful nature of your Journey on Planet Earth.
You Have Been the Quintessential Persona, A Media Icon, The Prolific Nigerian Journalist Who Under the Legendary Pen Name – Peter Pan – Brought Immense Joy, Laughter, And Tears Rolling Down Several Cheeks with Your Nerve Cracking, Terse but Highly Incisive Articles.
As A Great and Prolific Writer, Your First Book “How To Be A Nigerian”, Written In 1966, Is Still The Best Seller Today. It Was Also My Privilege to Chair In 2015, The Abuja Launch of Your Famous Book “Then Spoke The Thunder” – A 750 Page Treatise containing Startling Reflections On The Crisis Of Leadership In Nigeria over 50 years.
You Are a Proud Younger Brother of Our Legendary Political Father Chief Anthony Enahoro from Uromi – Esanland – Edo State – Nigeria. Esanland Is Extremely Proud of Your Family and Indeed Extremely Proud of You.
On A Personal Note, I recall With Deepest Gratitude All the Advice and Assistance You consistently Gave Me During My Tenure as Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister at One of The Most challenging Periods in Our Nation’s History. You lived A life Of a Great Sportsman and Participated in Various Sporting activities, But I Most Earnestly Cherish the Time I Spent Playing Golf with You at The IBB Golf Club Abuja and the Benin Golf Club, Benin City, Edo State.
I Wish You a Very Safe Journey Home to Our Creator.
Adieu, My Dear Brother and Friend, Rest In Perfect Peace
High Chief Tom Ikimi CON
