The remains of the late Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Samuel Obakayode Eso (retired), were yesterday laid to rest at his country home, Ilesa in Osun State amidst deep sorrow by friends and relatives.
Dignitaries who graced the funeral ceremony, including the Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of State for defence, Erelu Olusola Obada and former chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, among others, poured encomiums on the late jurist, whom they described as an erudite judge, icon of legal profession and judicial officer par excellence.
During the funeral service at the Anglican Church Cathedral, Omofe, Ilesa, primate of the Anglican Communion, Church of Nigeria, Archbishop Nicholas Okoh, said the late Justice Eso was an epitome of justice and fairness.
In his sermon entitled, “Life as an Investment,” Archbishop Okoh said there was no abiding city for any individual on earth, stressing that all mortals would one day taste death and return to their creator who would judge all their deeds on earth.
His words: “Let the congregation here know that there is no abiding city on earth. It is appointed to all human being to die once, and after death is judgement. Those who live long and those who live short will all die one day. We are all on transition here on earth and only those who lived righteously before they are transited to the great beyond can have eternal abode with God.”
Okoh charged every individual to renew their relationship with God before it would be too late for them, saying God does not want the death of a sinner.