Biography of ayo adebanjo md
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Tinubu never funded my Lekki home- Ayo Adebanjo replies Akande
Ayo Adebanjo, leader of pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Thursday dismissed claims that Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, built his Lekki home.
Adebanjo who speaking at a world press conference at his residence in Lekki, says that rather he built the house located at Plot 25, Ayo Adebanjo Close, Off Adebayo Doherty Street, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State by selling houses belonging to him in Surulere and Mushin and also took a bank loan to complete the house.
Former governor of Osun State, Bisi Akande, who is also former Interim national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in his book, &#;My Participations,&#; claimed that Adebanjo pestered Tinubu to build the Lekki house for him.
The Afenifere leader, while denying the allegation, gave account of how he raised money to erect the Lekki house, adding that one of the properties sold was a parcel of land given to him at Did
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&#;In his entire career, he has only argued for a better Nigeria&#; &#; Read Reuben Abati&#;s Ode to Elder Statesman Ayo Adebanjo as He Turns 90
When friends, family and political associates gather in Ijebu-Ogbo, Ogun state today, to celebrate the 90th birthday of Chief Ayo Adebanjo, they will be honouring a radical and progressive politician, a lawyer, elder statesman, a patriot, and a nationalist of Yoruba extraction, who is without doubt, one of the most remarkable politicians of his generation and a voice of reason in the Nigerian politics of the 20th century and early 21st century. In a country where life expectancy is 53, “one of the most dangerous places to give birth” according to Bill Gates, a house which Karl Maier describes as “fallen”, the attainment of the nonagenarian grade is no mean feat.
Born on April 10, , barely six years after the Clifford Constitution and the first legislative elections in Nigeria, Adebanjo has lived through the finest and ugliest moments
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The family members and residents of Ilarowo Ogbo, the country home of the late Afenifere leader, ledare Ayo Adebanjo, in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State are in a state of mourning, following the demise of the politician who they described as a great family man, irreplaceable community leader and a dependable fighter for the common good of the people.
The family members and residents of the agrarian communities spoke to our correspondent on Saturday, during a visit to the country home of Adebanjo who died in Lagos on Friday at
Tale said, “Baba Adebanjo was a great leader whose commitment to the development of our communities remains unparalleled.
‘We have 18 villages beneath this Ogbo. He was always preaching love and unity because his conviction was that if we love each other there will be development.
“The vägar, the schools and hospitals that we have here were facilitated by him. His death is a great loss to us. Nigerians should learn to be forthright, we must prior