Amb. Uhomoibhi eulogises Late Prof. Obaro Ikime
Amb. Uhomoibhi eulogises Late Prof. Obaro Ikime By: Oriaifoh Godwins The foremost aspirant in the upcoming 2024 Edo state governorship election, Amb. Martin Ihoeghian Uhomoibhi, OFR, in a Tribute he titled: "Obaro Ikime in the Eyes of an Africanist Protégé", has described late Prof. Obaro as a "transited sage". Ambassador Uhomoibhi, who said he has no apologies whatsoever to declare that the University of Ibadan, particularly, the Department of History of the University made him, added that the late sage is central in that narrative. Continuing, Amb. Uhomoibhi said; '...i consider myself most privileged to have had Professor Ikime as an incredibly devoted guardian and mentor for fifty long years, beginning from my first starrey-eyed days on this campus in 1973 to his death in April 2023...' Ambassador Uhomoibhi described the late sage as "the arch-symbol of the intellectual firmament" into which he was inducted as a teenager at Ibadan. Late P...