By our Reporter
Mr. Taiwo Akinkunmi (OFR), designer of Nigeria’s flag is dead.
Akinkunmi died in the early hours of Tuesday after a brief illness.
One of his children announced his death on Facebook.
He wrote: “Life is indeed transient; I can say boldly that you live a life with a landmark. Continue to rest, my father! Pa Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (O.F.R.): Great Man has gone.”
The native of Abeokuta in Ogun State was born on May 10, 1936 but lived in Ibadan until his demise.