Mr Facts and Figures, Squadron Leader Sowu is gone

Got the news while browsing in cold hotel room in Brussels that Squadron Leader Clend Sowu has passed on. He was 78.
I got to know him while I was reporting from Parliament in the 1990's
for Radio Ghana.
I remember the day I misquoted him by adding another zero to a figure. He was at the at the media room the next day to call my attention to the error.
That was not unusual of him. He was methodical and precise.
I remember him when speaking on the floor of Parliament, he did so with facts and figures. He always reminded other members not to speak without the right facts and figures.
I think his training as an engineer and and a military officer made Squadron Leader Sowu so.
A fine gentleman he was.
The last time I spoke to Squadron Leader Sowu was on phone. One of his sons, an ICT fan or geek was in Ghana to cover the 2004 elections the new media way. (He was disappointed because things did not go well as planned. He was let down by bandwidth problems).
When I called the telephone number the son gave me, It was received by a familiar voice of a man I knew,that of Squadron Sowu, Mr Facts and Figures.
May he rest in peace!
PS Please take note, don't take Squadron Leader for Captain Sowu. Squadron Leader Sowu is Clend and not Glenn.