Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condoled with the family of Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, the 20-year old Nigerian, who lost his life while trying to save the life of a woman who fell from London Bridge, describing him as “our hero and a great martyr.”
In a statement, the Commission’s Head of Media, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said the NIDCOM boss though deeply pained by the death of the young Nigerian, said “but his death trying to save someone else’s life, showed him as a hero who would never be forgotten.”
She appealed to the family of Jimi to take heart and be consoled by the fact that the deceased died as a fearless hero and would be forever remembered as a martyr.
Dabiri-Erewa prayed unto God to allow Jimi ‘s soul rest in perfect peace and comfort his aged parents, family and friends in the best manner.
She said: “This is a very painful and sad incident for a young promising Jimi to die this way sacrificing his life.
“Undoubtedly, Jimi with this courageous and selfless act, has earned himself the sobriquet of an hero and attained the highest form of death, martyrdom.”
The late Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, a.k.a Jimi, was on his way home from work when he saw a woman fall off London Bridge on Saturday.
He and another man entered the water at around midnight on Saturday in a bid to rescue her.
The woman and the other man were rescued by the Coast guard and the Metropolitan Police’s marine unit – but Jimi wasn’t found after an extensive search.
Jimi’s parents Michael Adewole, 63, and mother, Olasunkanmi Adewole, 54, were left heartbroken .
Commenting on reports of Mr Olubunmi-Adewole’s death, the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan tweeted that he “was the best of us”.
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