A chieftain of defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Musiliu Olakunle Akanni Animashaun, is dead.
He died in London last week after an illness. He was 71.
Animashaun has been buried in Rochdale, Manchester, according to Islamic rites, and a fidau was held for him yesterday at Levenshulme in Manchester.
He survived by a wife, Airat, and four children.
The late Animashaun played a major role in Germany’s chapter of the pro-democracy coalition, organising and hosting most of its meetings and conferences during the struggle against military dictatorship.
He and his pro-democracy organisation hosted the Ogun State House of Assembly delegation at Acheen in Germany after the coalition’s visit to the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, in October 2000.
A statement by a former Ogun State House of Assembly’s Speaker Olusegun Gbeleyi said Animashaun remained a very loyal supporter of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu till the end of his life.
He said: ‘The prodemocracy movements in Germany will really miss his sudden exit to glory.
‘May God comfort all of us, his loved ones, and may his gentle soul a find repose and eternal rest with his Creator’.
