Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, the Chairman of Global Fleet Group, has commiserated with the Ondo State Government over the death of a cabinet member in a plane crash on Thursday in Lagos.
Ibrahim condoled with the government while speaking with journalists on Sunday at his Igbotako residence, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State.
An Associated Airlines plane conveying the corpse of former Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, and 20 passengers crashed at take off in Lagos.
Deji Falae, the Commissioner for Tourism in the state, was among those that died in the crash.
Ibrahim, the Publisher of the National Mirror and Daily Newswatch newspapers, said that the news of the crash came to him as a rude shock and a big surprise.
He described the late Falae as a talented young man, whose life was cut short.
He said: “I sympathise with Governor Olusegun Mimiko for losing such prominent cabinet member.
“I pray God to give the government and family of the dead the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”
Ibrahim described the late Agagu as a nice man, simple, humane and a community leader, who did his best for his community while alive.
Agagu, a former aviation, power and steel minister at different times, was buried on October 4 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church Cemetery, Iju Odo, Ondo State.
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