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.

Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Abatemi-Usman     Tunde Akanbi     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Femi Oladiji     Kazeem Gbolagade     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Lanre Badmas     Orisa Bridge     Yomi Ogunsola     Islamic Development Bank     Facemasks     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Ahmed Bayero     Ekiti     Bola Olukoju     Sanusi Abubakar     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Twitter     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Atunwa     Mohammed Abduraheem     International Aviation College     KWSIEC     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Al-Adaby     Shuaib Jawondo     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Adanla-Irese     Ajia-Bako     Tunji Arosanyin     Ilorin     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Gani Saadu     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Mutawali     Abdullahi Atanda     Sobi     Young Progressives Party     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Shero     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Saka Onimago     Vasolar Consultoria     Salman Suleiman     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Yeketi     Kwara State University Of Education     Shonga     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Awwal Jawondo     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Kwara Poly     JMK Construction Company Limited     Radio SBS     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Atiku     Seni Saraki     Umaru Saro     Oloje     LEAH Charity Foundation     MATTA Girls Foundation     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Oni Adebayo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sadiq Umar     Saka Saadu     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Justina Oha     Leke Ogungbe     Pakata Patriots     Iyeru Grammar School     Kassim Babamale     College Of Education     Firdaos Amasa     Obasanjo     Zainab Abass     Yusuf Lawal     Rebecca Bake     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Tanke Flyover Bridge     March 18     Jani Ibrahim     Saka Abimbola Isau     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Mansur Alfanla     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Yeketi     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Kwarareports.com     Bukola Ajikobi     Akeem Lawal     Muazam Nayaya     Olatunji Ibrahim     Alanamu     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Okin Malt     Akume     Oloje     Idowu Aremu     Umar Gunu     Fatai Olodo     Oba Of Jebba     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Madawaki     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Sango-UITH Road     Michael Nzekwe     Facemasks     Oluranti Idowu     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Ahman Pategi     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     TETFUND     Pakata Development Association     Ilofa     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Balogun Gambari     LABTOP     National Pilot     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     TIIDELab     Saka Isau     Trader Moni     Borgu     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Ajeigbe     ANCOPPS     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     NIPR     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Suleiman Ajadi     Hassan Saliu     Sabi     Bola Magaji