Titi Atiku-Abubakar, Solomon Lar’s widow attend funeral mass for Pauline Tallen’s son
By Jeffrey Agbo
Emotions poured on Saturday night in Abuja at the Requiem Mass and night of tributes for the former Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen’s son Richard Tallen.
The event was held as part of the funeral of Mr Tallen who died on October 6.
Leading the tributes, Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, wife of Kwara State Governor and Chairperson, Nigerian Governors Wives’ Forum, described the deceased as a loving and purposeful gentleman when he was alive.
According to Abdulrazaq, the late Tallen touched many lives, hence it behoves those he left behind to keep his memory alive.
She said that doing so would ensure that they were able to cope with the vacuum which his painful death had created.
“He was a good son, a good father, a good friend, a good family member, but now he has left the race.
“It is up to us to keep his memory alive and make sure that the family does not feel his absence.
“We will fill the void and continue to stand by this family,” she said.
Also speaking, Titi Atiku-Abubakar, the wife of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, said that the deceased had left a good legacy for everyone to emulate.
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“God has a reason for taking him, there is a time to be born and a time to die.
“That is the time God has apportioned for him to leave this world,” she said.
Prof. Mary Lar, widow of Solomon Lar, the first civilian Governor of Plateau, urged the youths to live exemplary lives worthy of emulation by the next generation, like the deceased.
“He lived for just 42 years but had achieved what would have taken him more than a 100 years to achieve,” Lar said.
Prof. John Opara, Founder/Chief Executive Officer of CSS Group of Companies, also expressed similar emotions about the deceased.
“He has run and finished his own race. It is not how long we live but how well we live,” he said.
The event also featured the unveiling of a foundation in memory of the deceased
Tallen’s son was a graduate of Computer Science and is survived by a wife, three children, siblings and in-laws.