Legal luminary and immediate past Chairman, Governing Council of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) Prof Yusuf Olaolu Ali SAN, in an emotion laden voice on Friday said that the scar of the tragic death of his wife Hajia Fawziyah Lola Kehinde 20 years ago, is still there and very fresh in his memories.
Ali spoke at his residence in Adewole area of Ilorin during a Special prayer he organised to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of his wife.
Recall that Hajia Fawziyah died in a tragic auto-crash in the outskirt of Ilorin while embarking on a journey.
Professor Ali, while making his remarks, towards the end of the sermon said his wife was a Special breed of almighty God, adding that the sterling qualities he found in her were only found in his mother who is still alive living in Ibadan, Oyo state.
The law giant also said that nothing happens to human beings in life without Almighty God’s knowledge of it, adding that allowing it to happen, becomes a source of solace.
“You can attain any height in life, and there’s nothing that can happen to anyone without the permission of Almighty God, that is what is called destiny.
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“My wife was to be 47 a week later when she died, her parents are still alive today, my own mother is also still alive, though my father is late. I thank my wife’s parents and my mother too for their love.
“My wife had some sterling qualities, that I never saw or hear about in any woman except in my own mother, she was like an Angel specially made for me.
“When my wife died my mother fainted. Her death is like a wound, it left a scar on me that is still there as I speak.
“Anybody can say anything when this kind of thing, happen, but if it hasn’t happened to you, you won’t know how it feels. He who knows it, feels it,” he said.
Giving insights into why he hasn’t remarried after the death of his wife, Yusuf Ali SAN, who cited friends and people who lost their wives and remarried, stressed that they have been having unpleasant stories of woes which he can’t contend with.
One of the renowned Islamic clerics in Ilorin, Alfa Lukmon Isale-Koko who offered sermon at the occasion commended the lawyer, for picking up his life with that of the children, and made success out of it, twenty years after the demise of his wife.
Citing the successes the children have made with the aid and guidance of their father since the demise of the mother, he said that the late wife would be happier in death because it’s not always like this in all such cases.
He also said that offering special prayers for the repose of the dead, going to pray for them at the grave side and general offering of prayers for the dead are some of the ordinances of Almighty God.