My Last Salute To Dauda Biu
Road Safety My brother, friend and colleague, Kayode Olagunju breast the tape before me. He crafted a beautiful piece captioned, ’The last dance with Corps Marshal Dauda Biu’’. Unfortunately, I
This piece is a tribute column rather than a breaking news report, written by a colleague marking the exit or passing of Dauda Biu, a former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The FRSC is Nigeria's primary agency charged with road traffic administration and safety enforcement, and its leadership has historically drawn commentary from journalists and public affairs writers who covered the sector closely during their tenure.
Both ThisDay and Leadership carry versions of the same tribute, framed as a personal reflection from a writer who notes being "beaten to the tape" by another colleague, Kayode Olagunju, who had earlier published a similar send-off titled "The Last Dance with Corps Marshal Dauda Biu." The near-identical headlines and opening lines suggest a syndicated or widely shared opinion piece, with the coverage emphasising personal and professional recollections of Biu rather than new factual details about his career, tenure dates, or cause of departure — none of which are specified in the available headlines.