Archbishop Desmond Tutu, wanda ya lashe kyautar Nobel ta zaman lafiya a Afirka ta Kudu, wanda ya yi gwagwarmaya da ‘yan tsiraru farar fata, ya rasu a yau yana da shekaru 90 a duniya.
Fadar shugaban kasar Afirka ta Kudu ta sanar da rasuwar, amma ba ta bayar da cikakken bayani kan musabbabin mutuwar ba.
Shugaba Cyril Ramaphosa ya ce Tutu ya bambanta kansa a matsayin wanda ba mai bin addini ba, wanda ya hada da kare hakkin bil’adama na duniya.
“Rasuwar Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu wani babi ne na bakin ciki a cikin bankwana da al’ummarmu ga wasu fitattun ‘yan Afirka ta Kudu da suka ba mu gadon ‘yantar Afirka ta Kudu,” in ji Ramaphosa.
Tutu ya lashe lambar yabo ta zaman lafiya ta Nobel a shekarar 1984 saboda rashin nuna adawa da mulkin wariyar launin fata.
Shekaru goma bayan haka, ya shaida ƙarshen mulkin kuma ya jagoranci kwamitin gaskiya da sasantawa, wanda aka kafa don gano ta’addancin da aka yi a cikin waɗannan kwanaki masu duhu.
Ko bayan kawo karshen mulkin wariyar launin fata, Tutu bai taba yin kasa a gwiwa ba a yakinsa na ganin Afirka ta Kudu ta samu adalci kuma ya yi kira ga ’yan siyasar Bakar fata da su yi la’akari da son rai kamar yadda yake da farar fata Afrikaners.
Tutu ya kasance aminin Nelson Mandela na dan lokaci kuma ya rayu na wani lokaci a titi daya a garin Soweto na kasar Afrika ta kudu, titin Vilakazi, daya tilo a duniya da ya karbi bakuncin mutane biyu da suka lashe kyautar zaman lafiya ta Nobel.
Tutu ya kamu da cutar kansar prostate a karshen shekarun 1990 kuma a shekarun baya-bayan nan an kwantar da shi a asibiti a lokuta da dama don magance cututtukan da ke tattare da maganin kansa.