NAGAFF Opens Condolence Register As Veteran Customs Agent, Austen Kelly Passes On
Late Austen Dike Kelly
By DAPO OLAWUNI
The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) has opened a condolence register at its National Secretariat at 2B, Maybin Road Apapa Lagos, following the death of veteran customs agent, Chief Austen Dike Kelly two weeks ago.
According to the NAGAFF Public Relations Officer, Dr Clement Omenma in a notice on Wednesday, the wake keep of Chief Kelly would also hold on 21st of November at same NAGAFF headquarters.
“Consequently, those who couldn’t visit his family here in Lagos or his native home during his funeral may use this opportunity to pay their last respect to this legend” Dr Omenma stated in the notice.
Even though details of his demise were not known, Chief Kelly reportedly died in Lagos a fortnight ago.
Sources close to the family said he had not shown any sign of sickness before his passage.
Chief Kelly will be remembered as an old warhorse, a strong activist who left indelible marks in Nigerian freight forwarding sector. Over the years, he moved against the ills importers and customs agents face in the nation’s ports while clearing their goods.
