Browsing: Osun State

Adesiyan, a popular Nollywood face, posted: “My journey into politics was borne out of my passion and desire to touch people’s lives positively. Having realised that there was little I could achieve in my private capacity, I decided to put myself in the political landscape of the country.

The lawyer in separate letters sent to President Muhammadu Buhari; the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris; and four others, urged quick intervention in Osun State matters before it gets out of hand.

Sadly, the same ailment, which wreaked havoc on the party in Osun State in 2010 before extending to Oyo and Ogun states in the 2011 governorship elections, has returned. Only that this time around, the indiscretion, occasioned by leadership high-handedness, impunity and disregard for counsel, which have remained the greatest albatross of the PDP, a once-great party that prided itself on a promise to rule for 60 years, might finish off what is left of the party and its chances of returning to winning ways.

Through providence I was fortunate to be mentored by the late Venerable at Olofin Anglican Grammar School in Idanre, Ondo State, from 1963 to 1967, for my West African School Certificate, and at Ilesa Grammar School, Ilesa, Osun State, from 1968 to 1969 for my Higher School Certificate. I was not only his student; I was also one of his many  non-biological children.

Padeola Aderibigbe, 81, hardly betrays the looks of his four scores. Still radiating some glimpses of his very active youthful years, his well honed delivery roused many participants who had become a bit dozy after a sumptuous lunch of pounded yam with vegetable soup. “I’m blessed with good health, I thank God for his grace”, he says with the gait of a man in his early 70s.