Nigeria’s vice president, Kashim Shettima on Saturday, March 1, joined several world leaders to attend the funeral of the late former president of Namibia, Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma.
Speaking during a state burial which took place held at Heroes’ Acre, Windhoek, Namibia, Shettima who represented President Bola Tinubu said Nujoma’s demise is not an exit from space and time, but the wake of his immortality in the minds of Africans.
He said the foremost African statesman was not just a national hero but a warrior who defied oppression and inspired an entire continent.
He stated: “We have not come to this sacred ground to bury a man. We have come to enshrine a legacy.
“We have come to salute a life that was lived not for itself, but for the people, for the land, for the ideals of freedom. For him, Africa stands still today.
“Dr. Sam Shafiishuna Nujoma was not just the founding father of a nation that needed a hero; he was a warrior in the age of chains. He looked into the face of oppression in the most dangerous time to do so and declared that no African shall ever be a second-class citizen on his own soil,” he said.
President Tinubu also appreciated the late Nujoma’s leadership beyond the independence of his people.
He added that the late African Leader noting built Namibia from the ashes of occupation and ruled selflessly for his people.