The entire place was in mourning for a native son who had died by his own hand.
Friends say that such situations are to be expected when the city is run by a 49-year-old native son.
And the thing is, they have a talented native son of their own.
But clearly, not everyone in the county agrees that having a native son at the head of state is all a plus.
There he was received as a native son, with great happiness by all classes.
He would not be a native son come home to herald the success of a career development program for minorities.
He was the first native son of the diocese to become its bishop.
The town had claimed the murdered leader as an adopted native son.
Why not create a mural for a true native son?
Today he is proudly claimed as their most celebrated native son.