Health challenges: I'm surprised I survived last 2 years - Akanbi

Date: 2017-09-12

As people gathered to mark Justice Mustapha Akanbi's 85th birthday, the pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said he had 14 chemotherapy sessions and one major surgery in the last two years.

He stressed that he did not believe he could survive the trials in those two years.

He disclosed this in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, at a public lecture organized by his NGO, Musptapha Akanbi Foundation (MAF), to celebrate him at 85.

Akanbi, who was a former President of the Court of Appeal, said that in the last two years he was a patient in London, Abuja and Ilorin hospitals where he had undergone various treatments before God spared his life.

Akanbi said, "I feel highly humbled as I stand to address you today on this eighty-fifth anniversary of my birth. For little had I expected to survive the trials, the tribulations and the ordeals I went through in the last two years. I thank my Creator, the Almighty Allah (SWT), the Giver and Taker of life... I thank Him for His mercy, kindness and love; and for sparing my life to be part of today's ceremony."

In his lecture titled, 'Nation Building in Africa; The role of African Leaders,' the General-Secretary, National Union of Textile and Garment Workers of Nigeria, (NUCGTWN), Comrade Issa Aremu, challenged public office holders to always account for how they have met the constitutional expectations expected of them.

Aremu described Justice Akanbi as a father, mentor, pan-African leader and a role model worthy of celebration.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Plat Technologies     Facebook     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Nigeria Computer Society     Dumagi     National Pilot     Bukola Ajikobi     GRA     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Inside Kwara     Universal Basic Education Commission     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     IsDB     Christopher Odetunde     Pacify Labs     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Solomon Edojah     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Muhammadu Gobir     SGBN     Abatemi Usman     Split Diamond Interchange     Congress For National Consensus     Amos Bajeh     Mamatu Abdullahi     Saadu Alanamu     Usman Yunusa     Lanre Jimoh     ITEM 7     Umar Adelodun     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     YAKOOYO     Ola Falade     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Press Release     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Sadiq Buhari     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Daud Adeshola     Benin Republic     Ariyo     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Mutawali     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Abiodun Oyedepo     Sadiq Umar     Millennium Development Goals     N-Power     Oyawoye     Joseph Daudu     Yakub Lai Gobir     Adekunle David Dunmade     Akorede     Ajeigbe     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Kayode Laro     Alabi Lawal     Kwara Basketball Association     Michael Nzwekwe     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Saliu Oluwole     National Broadcasting Commission     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Isiaka Danmeromu     Sunday Otokiti     Bola Sagaya     Kehinde Baale     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Kola Adesina     Garba Idris Ajia     Okin Biscuits     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Harmony Holdings    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Buhari     Sunset Workers     Mohammed Saidu     Shola Odetundun     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Ayedun     NSCIA     Nnazua     Moses Adekanye     Razak Atunwa     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Ilorin Airport     Ilorin General Hospital     Oluranti Idowu     Bashiru Makama     Issa Baba     Old Oyo     Kamaldeen Gambari     Democracy Day     Sunday Fagbemi     Abdulazeez Uthman     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     College Of Health     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Moses Rahman Popoola     Kola Adesina     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Kale Belgore     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     LABTOP     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Sayomi     Bolaji Nagode     School Of Nursing     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Mohammed Haruna     Aliyu Salihu     Shonga Farm Project     Yomi Ogunsola     Yahaya Seriki     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Ademola Kiyesola     Abdulwahab Ololele     Kisira     GANZY     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Gwanara     Bello Abubakar     Sulyman Buhari     Tunde Yusuf     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Kwara State Governor     Tafida     Mahee Abdulkadir     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Bareke     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Muhammed Akanbi     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Leke Ogungbe     Balogun Fulani     Amusement Park     Abubakar Aliagan     2023 Elections     Eruku     Kabir Shagaya     Edu     Amina El-Imam     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Umar Adelodun     KWTV     Aliyu Adebayo     Pakata