I just read that one of Nigeria’s finest leaders has passed to glory. Chief Ayo Adebanjo lived with honour, decency and values. When he led Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba cultural organization, he built pillars of philosophical fairness, equity and unalloyed justice. He did not twist things because it would favour the other side of the aisle; I admired his uncommon fairness and boldness.
With this passing, Nigeria loses one of the remaining builders of the nation. Yes, men and women who came together on a national project to build a greater country. Chief lived long – 96 years – and served his nation, but he did not see the Nigeria he had imagined.
A leader for the West, North, East, South and everywhere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo was thoughtful, fair and provided balanced views on critical national issues. For him, fairness and inclusion would remain the critical enablers to recruit all Nigerians to build a Great nation. One Team powered by shared fairness and equity, for all tribes and all people.
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As he touches the face of heaven being welcomed by angels in ecclesiastical cymbals, tapestries and flutes, I ask you to join me to honour one of the last true builders of Nigeria. He was a man of immense wisdom, and will leave behind a generational conscience void to a nation lost in winning tribal battles, over wars of economic stagnation and mass underdevelopment, and thereby denying itself all resources for a greater nation.
Chief: We celebrate you and pray that the Nigeria you dreamt will emerge one day. Tell Awolowo, Azikiwe, Bello, etc that things have since fallen apart that the National Spirit has disintegrated into tribal spirits with devastating consequences on the soul of the nation. A legend, RIP!
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