President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has enjoined the members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Oyo State chapter to correspond the generosity of former Governor Lam Onaolapo Adesina by uniting themselves for the success of the party in next year’s general elections.
Mr President made the passionate appeal on Wednesday 11th of November as the special guest of honor at the third edition of the annual Lam Adesina lecture series organized in memory of his late brother and political associate in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital.
Represented by the Minister of Power, Engr. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, President Tinubu urged the rank and file of the APC to imitate the magnanimous trait of late former leader of the party in tolerating one another for the return of the state administration to the progressive fold in the coming election.
He described late Lam Adesina as a leader with uncommon kind-heartedness rooted in compassion and philanthropy for the betterment of the people. I can vividly remember our dark days together in the struggle where many were beclouded with myriad of what freedom looks like, the Great Lam was among the few who would insist that our focus must not shift.
He was a fierce and intellectual fighter who wrestled with the military and local warriors to entrench democratic government in the state. Lam Adesina’s legacy can’t be obliterated as he sacrificed to ensure the continuation of his good works through the emergence of his protégé, late Sen. Isiaka Ajimobi as Governor in 2011 to actualize his purposeful dream, he eulogized.
The lecture themed shaping the future of Oyo State:The Nexus between History, Progressive Politics and Development delivered by an accomplished legal luminary, Alh. Ahmed Raji, SAN who leveraged his teaching on human investment as was pioneered by the late Obafemi Awolowo’s free education and sustained by various lieutenants of the great sage in the south west.
At the festival-like gathering, a panel of erudite scholars, prominent technocrats and political figures glowingly extolled the good deeds of late former Governor Lam Adesina as a teacher and political leader whose exemplary leadership can’t be equalled
Among those present at the event are the 2027 APC gubernatorial candidate, Barr. Sarafadeen Abiodun Alli, His Deputy Adedeji Adedeji, H.E Barr. Iyiola Oladokun, H.E Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemo, Sen. Fatai Buhari, Sen. Ayoade Adeseun,Senator Femi Lanlehin, the 2027 ACCORD gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, the CCII President General, Chief Sulaimon Ajewole, Alh. Fatai Ibikunle, Elder Wole Oyelese, Professor Dhikrullahi Yagboyaju, Justice Moshood Abass, Representative of the Olubadan and Chief Imam of Ibadanland, The Oyo State City Boy movement led by their director, Hon Dapo Lam Adesina (the host) and others.
