Five books in remembrance of Ranti Abosede Daudu

The news of Ranti’s death came to me as a huge shock. We had not spoken for a while and I was not aware that she had been ill. Just the sudden news of her passing, broken to me by the former Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights commission, Prof. Amgwe. I met Ranti […]

The news of Ranti’s death came to me as a huge shock. We had not spoken for a while and I was not aware that she had been ill. Just the sudden news of her passing, broken to me by the former Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights commission, Prof. Amgwe.

I met Ranti about five years ago when we were both appointed council members of the National Human Rights Commission. Ranti was charming, warm, friendly and selfless. We shared many good times together and she would always offer that we ride together in her car instead of using separate cars as we made our way to our numerous meetings. My driver, whenever Ranti was around rode alone while I kept Ranti company in her car, sometimes inter-city rides.

Her passing is truly a huge loss to the Human Rights community in Nigeria and across the world. Her care for indigent children and vulnerable persons in the society remains her greatest legacy. She gave them love, took them off the streets and looked after them. To whom will they go now?

As I sat in the pew at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Kaduna, at her funeral mass, I marvelled at the many lives she had touched. Everyone had a beautiful Ranti story to tell. The church could not contain the number of people who had come to pay their respects to Ranti.

I would like to appeal to the online community to allow her rest in peace now and not become commentators in a family tragedy. Every family has its problems. Its time to allow the family manage its grief.

As always, Bishop Hassan Mathew Kukah delivered a most amazing homily and asked the family to bury all the issues with Ranti’s coffin. He also preached forgiveness and eternal life and gave many anectodes of death that kept the church alive and Ranti’s memory as well. People should allow the Daudu family build their lives back again. Ranti is at peace. My condolence to J.Daudu, her husband, and their six beautiful children who have suffered a great loss.

Here are five books in remembrance of my friend and sister, Ranti Abosede Daudu