Chairman, Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), Nigeria’s biggest copyright collective management organization, Chief Tony Okoroji, has paid glowing tribute to Dr. Solomon Arase, former Inspector-General of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission who is reported to have passed on in Abuja on August 31.
Said Chief Okoroji: ”I nearly froze and lost it, when on the car radio, I heard of the death of Dr Arase, a fantastic Nigerian citizen. I was on my way to COSON House in Ikeja, to do the September 1, “No Music Day” broadcast when the news came through. Upon coming out of the shock, I recalled that it was exactly 10 years to the date, September 1, 2015, that IGP Solomon Arase gave me an exceedingly warm reception, when I led a COSON delegation to his office at Police Headquarters Abuja, and we became very good friends thereafter and spoke on the phone constantly.
“When he left as IGP, we were both scheduled to address an NBA conference in Lagos on the same day. After delivering my paper, I waited to listen to him. I was left with no doubt that the NBA could not have chosen better. Solomon Arase had superb intellect”.
Chief Okoroji described Dr Arase as “a great patriot, a totally committed public servant, a detribalized Nigerian and one of the most pleasant persons I ever met”.
Said Okoroji: “Solomon Arase was an exceptional patriot and lover of the Nigerian nation, a polished policeman, a consummate administrator, and a very good man. With the passing of Arase, the Nigerian nation has lost an irreplaceable son”.
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